1st John Chapter 3.

I would encourage you just regarding Israel, just the last thought.

Be praying this week.

We have a lot of answers within the scriptures in regards to life and death and hope and all those things.

And so you never know how God might even use you this week, as this is obviously worldwide news.

And then be sure to come out on Sunday next week as

Pastor Jack will address these things further. But first John chapter 3

we're looking at a message this afternoon entitled Labor of Love.

We're going to be in verses 16 through 24,

which is just an awesome jam-packed portion of scripture. Now I'm sure this phrase labor of love you've all heard before and

maybe even have used within your own vernacular but for me I think of the labor of love, when I think of that, I think of the labor of love that goes into making to Molly's.

I came to realize this when I married into my wife's family and witnessed the days of preparation

that go into the making of tamales, you know, and before I just ate them and they're delicious. But when you see the labor of love, you see the preparation to the chilies that become the sauce. You see the cooking and the shredding of the meat and the actual process of the spreading and

folding it is without a doubt a labor of love.

Of course when I first started making them I was put on the tedious task of drawing the

ohas.

Now if you were like me I don't know what that was and I found that they are the corn husse and they

it's important that they're dry so that it

sticks and all all the thing but it's a labor of love it's not something you just

stick in the microwave it's something that takes time and effort and if you don't

have love you're going to quit halfway through

Or maybe you've seen a mom or maybe you are a mom who finished washing folding and putting away every single piece of your family's clothing you would say we

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