I'm so glad that you're in the house today, so glad that you're joining us by live stream today.

I'm so excited about what God is doing, what he has in store for each of us.

Well, our foundational text today comes from St. John, chapter 21, verses 18 through 23 in the New Living Translation. Notice there these words as Jesus speaks. He says,

I tell you the truth. When you were young, you were able to do as you liked. You dressed yourself

and went wherever you wanted to go, but when you're old, you will stretch out your hand and others

will dress you and take you where you don't want to go. Jesus said this to let them know by what

kind of death he would glorify God. Then Jesus told him, follow me. Peter turned around and saw behind them the disciple Jesus loved,

the one who had leaned over to Jesus during supper and asked, Lord, who will betray you?

Peter asked Jesus, what about him, Lord? Jesus replied, if you want him to remain alive

until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow me. So the rumor spread among the

community of believers that this disciple wouldn't die.

But that isn't what Jesus said at all.

He only said, if I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?

I'm talking today from the subject simply mind your business, mind your business.

I know that there are times that you've wanted to tell people that in a very polite and respectful way to mind your business.

Just mind your business. This is not anybody else's business. It has to do with minding your business.

The many times that I've been on airplanes and they will say to us to put on your own oxygen mask first before assisting others.

Because if you try to help somebody in me and if you run out of oxygen yourself,

then your thoughts become incoherent. And you can't help others until you have first helped yourself.

Put your own oxygen mask on first before you try to assist anybody in putting theirs on.

They're saying basically mind your own business first.

Mind your business.

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