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All right, good morning everybody. We're going to be in 2 Chronicles 17, right? 2 Chronicles 17. I'm going to start reading now, and it says in 17, verse 1, And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead and strengthened himself against Israel, and he placed forces in the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, with Asa his father had taken. And Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Balaam, but sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. Therefore the Lord established a kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presence, and he had riches and honor and abundance, and his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. Moreover, he took away the high places and the groves out of Judah. Also in the third year of his reign, he sent to his princes, even to Benhale, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Netheniel, and to Micaiah, and to teach in the cities of Judah. And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Netheniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemaiah and Jehunathan, and Adonijah, and Tubijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites. And with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presence and tribute silver, and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he-goats. And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly, and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. And he had much business in the cities of Judah, and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers of Judah, and captains of thousands. Adna, the chief, with him mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand, and next to him was Jehoshaphat, the captain, with him two hundred and four score thousand. And next to him was Amaziah, the son of Zikrai, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor, and of Benjamin, Eliada, a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men, bow and shield, two hundred thousand. And next to him was Jehoshaphat, that's my favorite name right there, and with him a hundred and four score thousand, ready prepared for the war. These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fence cities throughout all of Judah. All right. As your heavenly father, may you bless the service and fill our preacher, Joe Jones, with your spirit. Pray you edify this church and put your hand upon us God, in your name, amen. Amen, good job brother. See, I just gave him the title of the chapter that we're going to go over, just a few minutes ago. If I had to read those names, which I have many times, I used to do that to CJ, too, up in Vancouver. I'd try to mess with him, you know, pick the hardest chapter just for the names, instead of just a tongue-tied piece. I'm going to have to probably move this, depends on how things go. So, yeah, we're in 2 Chronicles, chapter 17. And the title of my sermon this morning is the preparation of Verity Baptist Church voicing. And, you know, you might be thinking to yourself, why do we need a sermon like this? You know, what's the point? And I'll tell you, you know, these types of churches can be a shock to people, especially if you've come from just being a listener. You know, it's one thing from being, you know, just being a listener and then stepping into a hard preaching Bible, fellowshiping church. Because, you see, when you're just a listener, like I was for so long, you get to pick and choose which messages. But when you come to a church like this, God picks the messages. He lays the message on the preacher's heart. The preacher preaches it, and guess what? It's going to rip your face off sometimes. You know, everybody in here should look down at your toes, because over the next six to eight months, when you have different preachers coming in here and out of here, they are all at some point going to rip your face off, stomp on your toes, and just make you feel like dirt. So I just want to warn you, you know, that's how I feel. So I just want to warn you, you know, that's how this stuff works. You know, and you just need to realize that and just be, you guys are tough, you know. You've been through, you've been through a lot over the last, you know, over the course of your life, looking for a church that just believes that the Bible is just, you know, just some place that preaches truth. And so that's what I'm going to do this morning. So, like I said, the subject of the sermon is the preparation of your heart. How do we, how do we do that? How do we prepare our hearts to seek God? That's really what I want to talk about this morning. So you're there in 2 Chronicles 17. We're going to come back and we're going to cover the context and everything, but I want you to turn over to 2 Chronicles chapter 20. Turn a few pages over to 2 Chronicles chapter 20. Because in chapter 17, we just read that Jehoshaphat prepared his heart to seek the Lord, right? You read that he sent people to teach, to teach the people, the land, the Bible. That's what happened. But you would think, okay, there's some sort of revival going on here. You know, they're learning the Bible. They're getting good preaching. They're getting good teaching. But I want to show you what happens because they started off on the right foot, right? So 2 Chronicles chapter 20, look down at verse 31. It says, Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty and five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhah. And he walked in the way of Asa, his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord. Now look at this next verse. Look at verse 33. Howbeit the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. So there you go. You have an example of people that had the truth sent to them, and yet they did not choose to apply it to their lives. And in the end here, what does it say? They did not prepare their hearts unto the people. Look, just because you come to this church, just because you've listened to a bunch of sermons online, doesn't mean that that's going to carry you through. You actually have to make the choice to apply it to your life. You have to actually look in the mirror and say, okay, I'm going to make this change. I'm going to do what's right. I'm going to take something that I'm not doing right, and I'm going to turn it around for God. All right, so you're there in 2 Chronicles chapter 20. Let's see, go back here. We're going to look at King Ray of Ulm real quick because he went through a similar situation. Turn to 2 Chronicles chapter 12. So just go back a few pages in your Bible to 2 Chronicles chapter 12. 2 Chronicles chapter 12. Like I said, Christians backslide because they have not prepared their hearts to seek the Lord. So 2 Chronicles chapter 12. Let's see, look up at verse 13. Actually, before I read this, let me just kind of explain what's going on here. So basically, many of you are probably familiar with the nation of Israel. It was a 12th tribe, right? You had King Saul, and you had King David, and you had King Solomon. And then after Solomon, the kingdom split. Rehoboam was the first king on Judah's side. Remember that the 10 tribes went to the northern kingdom of Israel, and their first king was Jeroboam, the son of Adat. So look down here in verse 13, it says, So King Rehoboam strengthened himself and reigned I'm sorry. So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was 1 and 40 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there, and his mother's name was Nahama and Ammonitis. And he did evil because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. Now go back one more chapter to chapter 11. I'm sorry. 2 Chronicles chapter 11. Look at verse 1. It says, And Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem. He gathered on the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and four-score thousand chosen men, which were warriors to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying, Speaking to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all of Israel, and Judah and Benjamin, saying, Thus saith the Lord, She'll not go up nor fight against your brethren. Return every man to his house, for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord in return from going against Rehoboam. So you see, at the beginning of King Rehoboam's life, he sought the Lord. He actually started off on a good foot. He did what was right. But then you read in chapter 12 that he just completely backslides. And why? It's because he prepared his heart not to seek God. That's why. And so we want to prevent that. And that's why this church is here. And that's why you came here. It takes a lot of guts to keep coming to a church like this. Let's hope you know that. I think it's great that the people of this type of church just love getting their faces ripped off, getting their toes stepped on, and just becoming better. Because you know what? There's a lot of work out in this community that we have to do. There's been a lot of false prophets out there for many years giving people the wrong message. And it's this group right here that's going to change that. It's this group right here that's going to do something about it. And I'll tell you what. It's not going to work if you do not learn right now how to prepare your heart to seek God. And so like I'm saying, how can this be? How could Rehoboam go from seeking God, doing what's right, obeying the voice of the Lord, and then in chapter 12 the Bible says that he just turned evil. How does that happen? And it's because he did prepare his heart to the Lord. And what does the work prepare him? I mean think about it. It's a pretty basic word we use all the time. It means to establish. It means to fix or to apply. It conveys the idea of a deliberate effort over a prolonged period of time. And that's the idea. It's to set your heart that you're going to be in this for the long haul. That you're going to do the best that you can for as long as possible. Until the bitter, the very, very bitter end. So you can lose your place there in 2 Chronicles chapter 12. We will come back to 2 Chronicles 17. But go with me to Psalm chapter 57. Psalm 57. So we're going to do a lot of reading this morning. Probably a lot of turning in the Bible. Which is good for you. Amen. That's why we came. That's why this church is here. We're going to learn the Bible. We're going to learn it together. So Psalm chapter 57. Psalm chapter 57 should be right there, pretty close to the middle of your Bible. Psalm chapter 57. And look at verse number 7. Now this, the context here is, you remember this, if you're familiar with the story of David. How Saul was trying to kill him before David became king. And he didn't. You know, David said, you know, I'm not going to touch the Lord's anointed. I'm not. You know, and he just kept fleeing and running and hiding. And that's the context here. But notice what David says. He says, my heart is fixed, oh God. My heart is fixed. I will sing and give praise. You see, David made the choice early on that his heart was, that he was going to have his heart fixed on things of God. That he was not going to be movable. He was going to be steadfast in what he believed. Steadfast in what he was taught. And that's why he did succumb to the temptation to actually go ahead and kill Saul. Because he had opportunities to do so. But he said, you know what? I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to touch the Lord's anointed. My heart is fixed, oh God. My heart is fixed. And that's a good definition there of the word prepare. Didn't bring my staple. Okay. Like I said, so the word fix here, it means firmly, firmly put. It's, you know, in position, stationary, not subject to change. Not subject to change. Or to be subject to variation. Like I said, that's what this sermon is about. It's about getting all of us in here to that mindset. Getting your heart right to where you just say, you know what? I am not going to succumb to change. I'm not going to let some idiot false prophet steer me away. I'm not going to let somebody come in here and take me aside and say, hey, ye have God said, ye have God done this, you know. That type of thing. Because I'll tell you, you know, the devil don't like this church. Even though this is new, you know, it hasn't even been, you know, established for a full week yet. I guarantee you there's going to be some problems. Someone's got to come in here and try messing with some of you guys. And you need to make up your mind right now that you're going to be visual. We're going to talk more about that tonight as well. Let's see here. Go back to Psalm chapter 10. Turn back your Bibles to Psalm chapter 10. Psalm chapter 10. One of the keys about being prepared, you know, preparing your heart to see God is a commitment. Right? It's just that steadfast commitment that you're going to make in your mind. And, of course, nobody in here is going to do that alone. Right? You, we all need help. And so I want to show you how we give that help. So Psalm chapter 10, look at verse number 17. Psalm chapter 10, verse 17 says, Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble. Thou wilt prepare their heart. So what can we learn from that? Thou hast heard the desire of the humble. What's humility? What does it mean to be humble? It's the opposite of being prideful and being arrogant. That's what it is. So when you decide in your heart that you're going to become humble, that you're not going to be prideful, you're not going to just fill yourself up, you know, you puffed yourself up with all this different knowledge for the sake of making yourself look good. Look what the Bible says. Thou, talking about God, will prepare their heart. You're not in this alone. God spoke this world into existence. He's preserved his word for you on this earth, and I guarantee you, he can help you prepare your heart. And that's the key. That's a big takeaway point from this. You don't have to turn there, but I'm going to read for you Proverbs 16, verse 18, which is a very famous verse. Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before fall. And as you study through the Bible and you look at all these different kings, you're going to find one common theme for all of them that were evil, and it was pride. Pride will destroy anyone. No one in here is above pride. And that's something that you need, that you come to church for, to recognize in your life. Because a lot of times, you know, we might be prideful and not even really realize it. Sometimes you need somebody to tell you, like, hey, you need to calm down. I know you've listened to 10,000 sermons online. Great. Listen to all of them. But you don't need to be a jerk. Just a little bonus there for you. A little bonus. All right. So next, this is all introduction. This is all introduction. See, if you kept your place there in 2 Chronicles, go to 1 Chronicles chapter 29. 1 Chronicles chapter 29. I just want to show you another key importance of preparing your heart to seek the Lord. So 1 Chronicles chapter 29. And another key is your imagination, your memory. It's very, very important that we learn about this. What does that mean? Our imaginations and our memories, they play a very important role in preparing our heart to seek the Lord. All right. 1 Chronicles chapter 29. Look at verse number 18. Yeah, verse number 18. It says, O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people and prepare their heart unto thee. Now, the context here is that they're trying to take up a collection for the temple, you know, the new temple that's going to be built in Jerusalem. And David's asking God here to prepare the heart of his people, right? To remember God's words, to remember the importance of this. And so at the end there, verse 18, this is a theme that I'm going to keep hammering home this morning. He says, and prepare their hearts unto thee. And then verse 19 says, and give unto Saul and my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things and to build the palace for the which I have made provision. And, you know, that's a good lesson for all fathers too, you know, for all mothers, for everybody, you know, to pray for your kids, you know, pray for your loved ones, you know, pray that God would prepare their hearts, pray that they would grow, pray not just for us, right, but to pray that they would grow in the knowledge of the Lord. And so I just wanted to show you that that is a very important aspect of preparing your heart unto the Lord is your memory, memorizing the Bible, meditating on these things, taking these things that you learn and actually, you know, sitting down and thinking about them. You know, it's a good idea to take notes, for example, you know, if you don't have a small child on your lap and to actually, you know, throughout the week, kind of go back over them. That's something that Pastor Mendez has taught me to do. I'll take notes on how, not only on how people preach, but just the different subjects. And then I'll go over them again that night. And then I like to, you know, I don't have like a set schedule, maybe, I don't know, maybe once or, you know, twice every couple of weeks, I'll go back, you know, because by then it's kind of vacated my mind. It's kind of, you know, I kind of forgot about it a little bit and I'll go over it, right, and your brain just gets used to constantly hearing that message and it just really helps. It helps in soul winning, it helps in discipleship. I mean, because we all want to disciple people, right? We all want to knock doors and win people and help the Lord, you know, make this thing a great church, a great success. And so the power of memory is a vital part in preparing our hearts of the Lord. And last but not least here, you don't have to turn it, I'm just going to read for you 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 20 through 22, it says, But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honor and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified in meat for the master's use, and prepared unto every good word. Flee also youthful lusts, but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Look, if you're saved, you're saved this morning, you've called on the Lord with a pure heart, you have the capability to grow, you have the capability to prepare your heart right now to seek God and to make this thing a lifelong commitment. And that's what we need, that's what this community needs. There are thousands and thousands of people and flies from Beelzebub that need the gospel, you know, and let's face it, there's no other churches that I've heard of around here that are going to get the job done. It's going to be all of us, amen? See, I told you we were going to get under attack. Alright, go back to 2 Chronicles chapter 17, our text for this morning, and we'll... 2 Chronicles chapter 17, we are going to go to Kings here in a minute. So, we're going to take these lessons from King Jehoshaphat. King Jehoshaphat was the fourth king after Rehoboam in the kingdom of Judah, in the southern kingdom. And remember, on the Israel side, the northern kingdom, I think the king was Ahab. You guys have heard of Ahab and Jezebel, a very wicked king. And we'll get into it a little bit later, but Jehoshaphat did have a problem. He liked to go over to Ahab and pal around with him. You know, and then what's the application there? You know, that your heart's not prepared. We don't need to pal around with the liberals, the nom-to-noms, right? You know, these weak-sauce-type Christians. We need to get them out of all that. Either get them in, get them on fire, or just shove them aside. Get out of here, get out of our way, because we're going to take over this place. Now, the father of Jehoshaphat was King Asa. And King Asa did some pretty awesome things. Keep your place there, because like I said, we're going to keep coming back to it for the full sermon. But go to 1 Kings chapter 15. So you're going to go back towards the beginning of your Bible. 1 Kings chapter 15. I want to show you something great that Asa and Jehoshaphat did, which, you know, it does, as you're going to see, it does signify the fact that their hearts were prepared unto the Lord. And I didn't throw this in here just to sound cool or get exposed. I mean, it's here. It's part of the story. 1 Kings chapter 15. Look at verse number 11. Remember, this is Jehoshaphat's father, Asa. 1 Kings 15 and 11 says, And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father. Now, let's stop there for a second. Who's talking? Is this Asa writing this? No. It's the narrator of the Bible, and what you need to remember when you're reading through the Bible, the narrator is the Holy Ghost. All scripture is given by the inspiration of God. It's profitable for adoption, for correction. So you need to understand here, this is God writing. This is the Holy Ghost that laid this on the author's heart. This is God speaking here. And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David, or as did David his father. Now look at verse number 12. And he took away the Sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his father had made. I mean, Asa even went after his mother. But what does it say there in verse 12 that he did? He took away the Sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols that his father had made, or that their fathers had made. Now, you can go to just about any church today and say, Hey, do you think idolatry is right? Is that biblical? Is idolatry a sin? Oh yes, oh yeah, you've got to repent of all your sins. Plus, you do have to repent of idols. You do have to turn from trusting in idols to the Lord Jesus Christ. You don't have to repent of your sins. What I'm saying here is that most Christians have no problem telling you that idolatry is a sin. But look what else there is in verse number 12. And he took away the Sodomites out of the land. You see, God said in verse 11, Asa did that which was right. There was two things that he did that was right. Is that not what it says? Two things. Idolatry and he took away the faggots, the Sodomites out of the land. But what does the modern world today say? What does modern Christianity today say? Oh no, idolatry is bad. Idolatry is still garbage. But the queers are more than welcome to come in here. No problem. Well, I'll tell you what. At Verity Baptist Church Boise, there's no faggots that are allowed to come in here. And hopefully we got plenty of people that are willing to throw them out. Amen. This is not a joke. This is serious business. These people ruin nations. And you know what else this teaches us? That the people out there, the Christians of today, the Christians in this country have not prepared their hearts to seek God. They have not. And this is a big problem. This is what separates us. The reprobate doctrine. Who's familiar with the reprobate doctrine? Who's seen psychopath reprobates? Yeah. So you're familiar with that. That doctrine alone is what separates us from a lot of people, does it not? It's why a lot of you are here this morning. It's why I'm standing here. Because we don't want to go to church with a bunch of faggots. We don't want to have to go to church and worry about pedophiles molesting our kids. Because that is sick. That ruins people's lives. And I just want you to see this. That that there is a very strong indication. When someone's on the side of the song lines, that is a very strong indication. In fact, that's just concrete evidence that they are not following the Lord. They have not prepared their hearts to seek God. I don't care how eloquent they are. I don't care how good they sound. I don't care how fair their speech is. It's a fact. It is a truth that God has told you from the Bible. They have not prepared their hearts to seek God. And so that's the application there. So go ahead. We're done with that. We're done with that. Go back to 2 Chronicles chapter 17. For real this time. So we're talking about the heart. We're talking about getting our hearts prepared to seek God. Not just to come to church. Not just to go through the motions. But to actually seek God. Like I said, this is going to help us, all of us in here, get that endurance that we need. Because we need to hear sermons like this. This is a young church. We need to get our faces ripped off. We need to get our toes stepped on. I get my toes stepped on every Sunday. Pastor Menesesky's got no mercy. He's going to tear you apart. And I'll tell you what. There are some tough dudes that are going to be coming here every week. And they're going to rip your face off too. But they're also going to teach you some pretty tough truths. They're going to teach you that. Don't worry. You're going to get this out of my doctrine. You're going to get the Jews. You're going to get Zionism. We're going to tear Sam Gipp up. We're going to get dispensationalism out of here. I hate dispensationalism by the way. There's a lot of stuff I hate. A lot of times I hate. You're going to see that because I have a tendency to heart problems. I'm not a full-time preacher. So whenever I get a chance, you know, I've got to get them. You've got to get them. But I need this stuff too. This helped me out, believe it or not. This sermon is just as well for me as it is for all of you. So 2 Chronicles chapter 17. Look down there at verse... Let's go back over to verse number 1. Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his stead. So this is after Asa. And strengthened himself against Israel. And he placed forces in all the fancies of Judah. And set garrisons in the land of Judah. And in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat. Because he walked in the first ways of his father David. And sought not unto Balaam. So that's a key point right there. He sought not unto Balaam. Because so many of the other kings did. Now look at verse 4. But sought to the Lord God of his father and walked in his commandments. And not after the doings of Israel. I just want you to notice that there in verse 4. It says but sought to the Lord God of his father. That's what this sermon is about. That's what we need. We need to seek. We need to search God. So that brings us to a question. Well how do you do that? How do you do that? And we're going to answer that. Look at verse number 5. Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presence. And he had riches and honor and abundance. Verse 6. And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord. Moreover he took away the high places and grows out of Judah. You see that's a blessing there. That's the benefit of seeking God. Learning how to prepare yourself to really serve God. Is that your heart's going to get lifted up with the ways of the Lord. Look your heart's going to get lifted up by something. It's either going to be the pride and the foolishness of this world. Or it's going to be with this book right here. With this truth and all the truths that are contained therein. You have a choice. And look at the blessing you know. It's an encouragement right? When you start working hard for God. You start knocking on people's doors. You start really growing in the Lord. That is encouraging. That's going to keep your heart lifted up. But it is something that we have to make that commitment for. Right? Unless something else comes in and sweeps through. I should have told you to keep your place in Psalms. But if I didn't I apologize. Turn to Psalm 111. I just got a few points that I want to give you this morning. And they all answer this question. How do we prepare our hearts for God? You're like brother Jerry up here just ranting about being prepared and this and that. Well how do we do it? And we're going to look at that. So turn to Psalms 111 and look down at verse number 1. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart. In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. So how are we going to seek the Lord? What's the first? Point number 1 is we're going to do that. We're going to prepare our hearts to see God by seeking the Lord with the whole heart. That's point number 1. You're going to learn to seek the Lord with your whole heart. With your whole heart. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. When you come to church you just need to make up your mind. You just need to settle it in your heart. That you're going to have the right attitude. That you're going to come here ready to learn with your whole heart. With your whole heart. Not half heart. With your whole heart. And that's what the psalmist is saying here. Now look at verse number 2. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. You see you want to develop that pleasure for God's word. That pleasure for God's things. Because you know what? I don't wake up every day and I'm like, man I'm so glad to read the Bible. A lot of days yes they're like that. But I've conditioned myself to do that every single day. I've conditioned myself to pray every day. Right? That's all the shit. You need to just get into that mindset and understand it's not always going to be fun. It's not always going to be easy. You're not always going to be in the mood to go sowing. You're not always going to be in the mood to go follow up with somebody. You're not always going to be in the mood to do the things that God wants you to do. You just got to do them. That's it. It's work. It's work. It's hard work. And that's why we need this sermon. So look at verse number three. His work is honorable and glorious and his righteousness endureth forever. Amen. So go over to Psalm chapter 119. So just a few pages over in your Bible. Psalm chapter 119. Was this water for me? Yeah. Okay great. I brought one under there and I was like, it takes people's water. Psalm 119. Look down verse number 10. And again, that goes back to what I was saying earlier. You know, he's saying, let me not wander from my commandments. You know, it's you and God that's going to help you grow. You're not going to do it by yourself. That's what modern Christianity is trying to do today. That's what all religions are trying to do today. They're trying to grow on their own apart from God. Look, I don't care what anybody says. If you have an NIV Bible, if you read from these modern perversions, you're not going to grow. We're born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible. By the word of God, which liveth and lighteth forever. So that's what's going on here. It says, with my whole heart have I sought thee. Let me not wander from my commandments. So point number one is you're going to have to, how do we seek God? How do we prepare ourselves to seek God? Point number one is you're going to seek God with your whole heart. Just settle it right now that you're all in. Not halfway in. And point number two, we're going to prepare our hearts for God by avoiding being half-hearted. By avoiding being half-hearted. You know, we need to be willing to look at ourselves in the mirror. We need to be willing to look at ourselves and be honest and say, hey, this is my current condition. This is what the Bible says. This is what God's word says right here. I'm not quite there yet. I need to change. I need to make some changes. Don't get all offended. Don't start crying. Don't go grab Sam. Give Sippy Cup. That's not going to do you any good. Just decide you're going to change. Okay, go back to 2 Chronicles. Go to chapter 20. We already read from this verse and we're going to read it again. 2 Chronicles chapter 20. 2 Chronicles chapter 20. Look down at verse, we'll start at verse 30. So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet. For his God gave him rest round about. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty and five years old when he began to reign. And he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Asubah, the daughter of Shilai. Verse 32, and he walked in the way of Asa his father and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord. So here we have the leader doing what's right. The Bible says that Jehoshaphat did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. But, look at verse 33. How being the high places were not taken away. The Hollywood movies were not taken away. The modern Bible versions were not taken away. The false doctrines were not completely removed. There were still pockets of sin. Like I was saying, if you think that you can grow and mature as a Christian and still keep a bunch of different pockets of sin throughout your life, you're deceiving yourself. You just need to know that. This is how being the high places were not taken away. For as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. So what happened? You read in chapter 17 how they had the word of God. I mean, Jehoshaphat sent them priests, Levites, and different teachers to teach them the Bible. So what happened? Well, we've already answered the question, but I just want to hammer this home. They were half harder. And you know part of that is probably because Jehoshaphat yoked up with the world. He went up to Israel and started palling around with Ahab and, you know, just getting himself into a bunch of trouble. And that's also a lesson in leadership. I mean, think about it. You know, if your boss is going against the rules, I mean, how many of the workers do you think are going to follow the rules? Right? I mean, if your pastor's living, you know, wickedly, you know, not on fire, you know, how many of you would be on fire? Right? I mean, this room was filled this morning because you decided to go against that. And amen. Praise God for that. So what happened? They didn't, they just didn't take it seriously. And, you know, that's just the way it is. You know, leadership gets corrupt or does things, doesn't practice what they preach, gets a little bit of hypocrisy in them. And guess what? The people are going to follow suit. But nonetheless, he himself, you know, Jehoshaphat did, the Bible does say that he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He did actually keep the commandments. And because he didn't do it good enough, the people decided, you know what, we're just going to leave the high places. We're not going to obey God fully. God wants your whole heart, not half your heart. He wants it all. He wants you to be all in, not just halfway in. And so, I mean, I just want to take a look at God's view. So what does God think about halfheartedness? What does God think about halfheartedness? Because remember, we're talking about avoiding halfheartedness because that's a very important key to preparing yourself to seek God, seek the Lord God. You don't have to turn. I'm just going to read this for you. Jeremiah chapter 3 verse 10 says, And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but faintly saith the Lord. And so God here is telling us that Judah didn't really always have their whole heart towards him. Judah didn't serve God all the time with her whole heart. And that's what God's saying here. He's saying, I don't like that. Because with God, you know that it's all in or it's all out. Hosea chapter 10 verse 2 says, You hear God's attitude. God's attitude towards halfheartedness in those verses. It's not very pleasant. God is not happy when we decide to serve him with halfheartedness. Turn to Revelation chapter 3. Keep your place there Chronicles. But turn to Revelation chapter 3. Revelation chapter 3. Last book of the Bible, Revelation chapter 3. Look down at verse number 14. It says, And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou art cold or hot. See what Jesus is saying here is, Hey, you know, I don't like this lukewarm. I don't like this middle of the road kind of theology. I don't like this garbage. I want you either cold or hot. Either get in or get out. It's one or the other. There's no middle road. It's black and white. God's word is either true or it's not true. It's either true or it's false. And we know that it's true. We know that it's true. Now look at verse 16. Because God's plan is my way or the highway. It's God's way or it's the highway. Like I said, there's no middle ground. Verse 16. So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Nobody likes to drink, well, most people don't like to drink lukewarm beverages. Neither want it hot. It's hot enough where you can actually drink it and it's good and it goes down, especially when it's cold out. Or you want ice cold. You know, that lukewarm. I guess I like that temperature a lot. I wouldn't call that lukewarm. It's not lukewarm. But the point is, what's God's attitude towards halfheartedness? And it's not very pleasant. It's not very pretty. And that's why these types of churches, just getting back to biblical Christianity, just getting back to what the Bible says and reading it, preaching it, and just believing it. That's why it works. That's so effective. And I'm not saying we're not gonna be without our trials and without our tribulations and without different faults. We're gonna go through hard times. We're gonna go through difficult times. But I'll tell you what. We've got this rock. We've got this hardcore book here. And this book is truth and it works. And God blesses that. And God did bless Joshua most of his life. Even though he had some setbacks, God still blesses because he heeded to the word of God. So look at verse 17. It says, Because thou sayest I am rich, and increase with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Verse 18, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear, and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mayest see. So you look here at verse 18. It says, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. You know, in the context, he's talking. He's challenging. He's challenging us, saying, Hey, I've got rewards for you. They're available to you. But you gotta do it my way. You gotta do it my way. He's saying, Look, buy of me. Try me. Test me out. You know, test me out. And that's a great benefit of serving God, is knowing that you're gonna get to heaven and have rewards. You know, knowing, you're getting to heaven and looking at somebody and saying, Hey, you know, I'm glad you listened. You know, I'm glad I was able to get you, give you the gospel. I'm glad, you know, and they're gonna thank you at the same time. Thanks for coming on my door, and God's gonna be happy with that, and he's gonna bless that. But it also reminds me, because he says, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. That reminds me of Psalms chapter 12. You don't have to turn there. I'll just read it. It says, The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord. Thou shalt preserve them from this generation forever. So in verse 18 of Revelation, he says, I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire. You know, we can get rewards from God. That's the point, you know, and that's a good thing. It's okay to be motivated by these rewards, right? But he's also saying, and this is also a picture here of him saying, Hey, buy of me this gold, the gold of my word, right? I think it's interesting in Psalms chapter 12, it says, The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth. You know, these words here are settled in heaven. You know, they're unchangeable, they're unmovable, they're steadfast, rock solid. It's black and white. It helped. It changes people's lives. You know, this, this idea of original manuscript only is, it's just a cop out. That's all it is. It's just a cop out that these churches uses to, to, to basically avoid accountability is to avoid the fact that God, that they're not living for God because they didn't prepare their hearts to see God. Right? It's the same thing in the eye of features. I mean, I can't tell you how many eye of features I've been to where they're like, well, in the Greek, I understand what you're saying brother, but in the Greek and the Hebrew and the Chinese mixed with Arabic and you subtract Spanish, it doesn't quite say what you want it to say. It doesn't quite say, you know, what are they doing there? Right? They're taking away that, that, that fire. They're taking away verse 18, I counsel thee, to buy of me gold, try to fire. You know, those words, these words, this is what they're doing. They're, they're trying to bypass God's word and it, and it's, it's disgusting. It's sick. And I mean, look at the state of this country, you know, look at the state of the churches that are all around us, whether you're here in Boise, Sacramento, Vancouver, Arizona, it's the same. It's the same thing. You know, it's, it's, it's that, that mentality is just really wreaked out. So anyways, we're going to move on here. So we're talking about avoiding halfheartedness. We've seen what God's viewpoint on it is. It's not very pleasant. Turn to Psalm chapter 19. Turn to Psalm chapter 19. Psalm chapter number 19. Let's see, look up at verse, or look down at verse number seven. So Psalm chapter 19, start at verse seven. The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. And what a great treat that is. This book makes any, maybe you're sitting here this morning, like, I'm not really, you know, that well versed on the Bible. I'm not really, I don't really understand everything that I read. That's okay. None of us do. But what God's saying here is that this book will make wise the simple. Now verse eight, the statutes of the Lord are right. Rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. See the whole point of avoiding half-heartedness is so that we can see, not just physically, but spiritually. We need to be able to see spiritually. And so that, the last part of the verse eight there, we say the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. We want that blessing. We want that enlightenment of our eyes. Psalm chapter 119, verse one to five. You don't have to turn around. I'm just going to read this to you. Very popular verse. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. This is the only way. The Bible is the only way that you're going to avoid half-heartedness. It's the only way you're going to actually prepare your heart to seek God. It's not enough to just come to church Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday. You do so many. Yes, that's great. We need that. We all need that. But you know what? In your own personal time, you need to be in this book. You need to spend some time each day reading and meditating, thinking about these things, because that's what's going to give you that light. That's what's going to give you that discernment, which we're going to talk about this afternoon. It's going to give you that discernment to know, hey, that's not quite right. This devil's tricky. He's got a lot of different tools, a lot of different ways to spin things to get you off track from serving God. And then let's see. Psalm 119, verse 130 says, The entrance of thy words giveth light. It giveth understanding to the simple. So the entrance of thy words giveth light. Whether it enters through your eyes when you're reading it, or it enters in through your mind through your ears when you're hearing it, that's what gives you light. That's what's going to cause you to see. And that's what's going to keep you and help us to avoid this half-hearted garbage. So real quick, we're talking about preparing our hearts to seek God. That's what this sermon is about. Point number one was you want to serve God. You want to seek God with your whole heart. Point number two is that we want to avoid half-heartedness. And point number three is we're going to do that by holding fast, sound words in the heart. We're going to hold fast, sound words in the heart. So go back to 2 Chronicles, chapter 17. Go back to 2 Chronicles, chapter 17. And I know we've read these verses already, but we're going to read them again. 2 Chronicles, chapter 17, look down at verse number 7. Verse 7. Also in the third year of his reign, he sent unto his princes, even to Benhale, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Netheniah, and to Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. And so this is what I was mentioning earlier. In Jehoshaphat, he's sending these guys to teach in the cities. Verse 8. And with them, he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Netheniah, and Zebediah, and Asahel, and Shem-ir-romoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tomijah, and Tabitha-nijah, Levites. And with them, Elisha-mon, and Jehoram-priest. See, I just didn't want to be alone, brother. That's why I had you. I didn't want to be alone. So now we're both, you know, I feel better about myself. Verse 9. And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went out throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people. But the key point here is in verse number 8. He says, and with them, he sent Levites. Right. What did Jehoshaphat do? He sent. He sent the Bible. He sent God's knowledge. He sent God's preachers to teach the people the Bible. And point number 3 is hold fast sound words in the heart. And we already read that the people did not do it. They went to church. They heard the Bible preached. They heard all this great truth. They heard all this great doctrine. They got complacent, and they did nothing with it. And they would not remove the high places. And look, we don't want that to be the case in this church. This church is going to be a working machine. I'll tell you what. You know, Lord willing, I move here in six to eight months. You know, I've got big plans. I want to put a hurting on these people around here that are preaching false doctrines. We're going to put a big hurting on this committee. We're going to get people saved, and we're going to smack down dispensationalism and all this other garbage that is just detrimental to God's word. So what does God think about the importance of his words in your heart? Because remember, what are we talking about? Point number 3, hold fast God's word in your heart. You don't have to turn there, but Deuteronomy 6, verse 6 through 7 says, And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house. And when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. See, that's God's expectation for you. That's God's commandment that you would read the Bible, teach them to your kids, teach them to your converts, talk about them all day long, and it's going to help you grow. Why? Because remember, preparing your heart requires a lot of things. It requires endurance. It requires your memory, and God knows that. See, God's smarter than all of us. No one here is above the wisdom of God, and God here is giving us a direct commandment to write these things down, keep them in your house, keep them throughout your house, teach them to your kids, teach them to everybody who can. Don't back down. Don't ever feel that you have to be ashamed because you can't speak the truth. Right? You know, these liberal bozos, they have no problem telling you about all the Christian movies, and then the Christian rock, and all this garbage they go through. They say, oh, our pastor put on this skit this weekend, it was great, and they played this Bon Jovi song, and oh man, brother, it was great. First of all, don't call me brother because we're not. Right? And second of all, what you're saying is a lie. You see, this happened to me recently. I get to hang around a lot of Christian times, right? And they always talk about their megachurches and all the different skits, all the different garbage that they put on there, and they're just like, man, what a blessing. It just makes you feel so good. Oh, it just feels great. And then you ask them about Genesis. Is that a New Testament book or an Old Testament book? Is Romans a New Testament book or an Old Testament book? And I'm telling you the truth. I mean, a lot of these people that I meet, they don't know who Moses is. They don't know who King David was. They can't tell you the difference between Peter and Paul. You know, for a heathen, for an atheist, I get it. I get it. You didn't grow up in church, you didn't grow up with a Bible. Okay, I'll give you a pass on that. I'll even give these liberals a pass on not knowing some of the other characters in the Bible, like Onan, Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada. You know, look, it takes some reading to get this stuff down. I'll give you that, but you don't know who Moses was? You know, what does that tell you about the state of our country and the Christians and those who have gone before us? What does that tell you? It tells you they have not prepared their hearts to seek God, and the flip side of that is they've taught a bunch of false doctrine, and now we have to go knock on people's doors and explain to them, in the beginning, yes, Genesis is Old Testament, Romans is New Testament, you know, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, you know, and all this, and they're just like, wow, I never knew that. What a profound truth. Genesis is Old Testament? Wow, I didn't know that. You know, and by the way, if they're listening to that, you know, I mean, praise God for that. All right, what am I talking about here? Oh yeah, okay, let me just read this verse for you. Psalm 119, verse 11. I love Psalm 119. It's probably the biggest chapter in the Bible, and it's all about the Bible. In verse 11 it says, Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy statutes. And again, just going over the importance, it says, Thy word have I hid in mine heart. You need to hide these things in your heart and memorize them. That's how you're going to do it, and that's what's going to bless you. Turn to Ecclesiastes chapter 12. So if you did keep something in Psalms, you're going to go past Psalms and Proverbs, go to Ecclesiastes chapter 12. I am there in the end. I know you guys look hungry. Some of you kids look like you're scared. Like I said, don't worry. It's just like a regular sermon, you know? Just warm enough. Over the coming weeks, you're going to get the hard stuff. You're going to get the Zionism. Like I said, you're going to get all that. Ecclesiastes chapter 12, look at verse number nine. What are we talking about here? We're talking about holding fast God's word in your heart, in our hearts. Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse nine. And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he gave good heed and sought out and said in order many Proverbs. Verse 10, the preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. The words of the wise are as goads, and a goad is just something that's sharp. So he's saying the words of the wise are goads, they're sharp. And as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. I mean, this is a great tune. First line, and moreover, because the preacher was wise. You know how you have a wise preacher? It's because he teaches the people knowledge, and that's what it says. Yea, he gave good heed. That means he took very careful attention to study these things out from the Bible. Not from commentaries, not from a bunch of YouTube videos by Billy Graham and by all these other weak people. But he gave good heed and sought out. He sought out. It's something that you have to seek. You have to learn. You have to seek through these pages. That's the whole key. And said in order many Proverbs, verse 10, the preacher sought to find out acceptable words. If you want to preach and you want to speak in acceptable words, you're going to do it from this book right here. This book will give you acceptable words. This book will teach you what acceptable words are. So when you go on vacation, you're in another church, you're going to know what acceptable words are by how much you have prepared your heart to seek God. By how much you have read this book. By how much you have hidden God's word in your hearts. That's the key. That's what you're going to have to go through. And so just to recap here, what are we talking about in the sermon? How do we prepare our hearts to seek God? Point number one, we're going to do it with seeking God with the whole heart. The whole heart. In point number two, how do we prepare our hearts? By avoiding half-heartedness. If you start, you know, you're feeling, you know, you're just not right. You know, you just, maybe you're just feeling backslid or maybe you are. You just need to be able to recognize that. And that's the key about that is being humble enough to recognize when you're just not measuring up. When you're just not doing what God says. When you're just, you know, you're just going back. In point number three is we're going to hold fast to sound words. Remember what Paul told Timothy. You know, he told him to hold fast these words. You know, because people get itching ears. Right? I mean, over time, you know, after hearing the same messages throughout the years and years, I'm sure it could become a temptation to just want to find something new. And by the way, that is kind of a problem with our type of churches. People, they have this tendency to want to find that new doctrine that's going to make them a YouTube star. Not interested in becoming a YouTube star. And hopefully nobody in here has either. I mean, yeah, we want these sermons on YouTube. We want to get the word out. But never let that be the basis for you teaching something. Right? Teach the basics. Learn the basics. Believe the basics. And God will reward you for it. Second Timothy chapter one, verse seven. So one more point, one more set of verses on point number three here. It says, Second Timothy chapter one, verse seven says, For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. You see, because when you come to church and you hear acceptable words, when you're at home and you're alone with God, it's you and the Holy Ghost and you're letting the Bible, He's giving you acceptable words. You know what that produces? That produces a sound mind. And when you have a sound mind, you can work a lot harder for God. You can do better and greater things. Remember that. Sound words produce a sound mind. Verse number eight says, Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor be his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God, who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. Look, Paul telling here, don't be ashamed of the testimony of God. And by the way, the Bible uses the word testimony to refer not only to the testimony of the Lord, but the testimonies, God's written words. Don't be ashamed of these. Don't be ashamed. Don't feel like you are the one that's got to hide the truth. Someone's running their mouth at you. You know, your family member is lying on that church. The guy is always angry. He says hateful things. You know, he talks about throwing sodomites and queers, all these faggots out of church. You know, that's not loving. That's not nice. That's judgmental. This, that, and the other thing. You know, don't be ashamed of the testimony of the Lord. Don't be ashamed of these things. You know, you can just be a warrior about it and just do right. And in verse 10 says, but now, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our savior, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and that brought life and immortality to life through the gospel. Where unto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles. And in verse 12, he says, for the which cause I also suffer these things. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed. So remember, I mean, Paul's talking about, you know, Paul suffered a lot of things, right? And likewise, we're going to suffer a lot of things too. And suffer means to allow. You know, we're going to have to allow ourselves to go through different trials and tribulations. We're going to have to allow ourselves to go through the sermons like this. We're going to have to allow ourselves to go through multiple sermons about, you know, the basic doctrines, one saved, always saved. I mean, it just, just, just pick one, you know, God's, you know, God's word being true, whatever the case may be. You gotta, you gotta be tough. You gotta be able to suffer these things. He says, nevertheless, I'm not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he's able to keep that which I've committed him against that day. And then he says, hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me in faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. Hold fast the form of sound words. How do you get sound words? How do you understand sound words? By getting your mind right. Remember, they work hand in hand. You can flip them. You know, having that sound mind is going to give you more sound words. Listening and subjecting yourself to the Bible, that's, that's going to, those are sound words. That's what's going to produce that, that hardcore mentality that we need to be able to turn this community back towards God to get that Mormon population down from whatever it is now. What I've read that here, it's like what, 80% something like that. It's pretty high. I've read that in Idaho, the, the religious population, I guess 15% of that religious population in the state is Mormon. I mean, who knows if you, I mean, how do they come up with this stuff? I don't know. But look, if you've been so many here, you probably know it's true. There's a lot of them, right? I mean, so Josh will tell you, I, you know, known him for a while now and he's told me about it. Uh, during the soul when he made a marathon, I think I knocked like 10 other doors. You know, I'm an older, I'm a 19 year old elder. You know, we got to stop that. You know, we gotta, we gotta stop that and we will, and we're going to do it by preparing our hearts to seek God. And again, how do we do that? You're going to do it. Point number one, remember, remember it was, it's by having, by seeking God with your whole heart. Number two is by avoiding halfheartedness and number three, it's going to be by holding fast sound words and sound words produce a sound mind. And I just want to leave you with this here. Second Chronicle 17 verse 10 and the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah so that they made no war against Josh. Again, and the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdom lands. The fear of the Lord is going to fall upon the different churches around here. I promise you that. I promise you that. They're going to hear about this. They're going to hear about the works that we're going to do. They're going to hear about us tearing their stupid doctrines apart and they're not going to like it, but you know what? They're already scared. They're already scared of the world. That's why they are the way that they are. But when this thing gets going, when this thing really gets going, they're really going to be scared. But on the flip side of that, they're going to send their agents in here. You know, I mean, they even sent their guys to Verity in Sacramento, some stupid Bible college in Florida. I can't remember what the name of it was. I don't know if it was Pensacola Baptist or whatever, but they sent their recruiters in one Sunday and after the service, you know, they're going up to all the teams and they're like, hey man, come here real quick, real quick. You're interested in Bible college. You're going to need to really learn a lot. In these teams, you know, I love them. They're just like, this is a joke, right? This is a joke? You know, and the guy is scared. It's like, you know, he's trying to do it all quick, right? He's like, I'm going to get out of here. Just take the pamphlet, sign up, give me your $75,000. You know? Good. And one guy, one young man, he was like, do you know where the hell you're at? Do you understand where you're at? The guy's like, you know, and he went up to another kid, same thing. The guy's like, what the hell's your problem? Are you really trying to promote Bible college? You know, lucky Pastor Meadows wasn't around because he'd probably throw you out himself. But anyways, you know, they're always, the Bible says the devil is as a warring lion going around seeking whom he may destroy, right? That's what it says. He's looking for that weak link. We don't want to become that. We just don't want to become that. And so hopefully this was somewhat of an encouragement to you. And, you know, let's do great things for God. Let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for this opportunity to preach. I pray you bless everyone here, the fellowship to come and the service this afternoon, Lord. Thank you again so much for the mighty works that you're doing here, Lord. Please let us to always seek you with a whole heart and to do everything that your word says. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Amen. Amen.