So let me start from this morning. I finished and I always pray with people at the end of the services

although I ran for the airplane after the second service but I did pray with a lot of people

after the first service and

I want to tell you why would I have to say tonight is relevant from three

prayers this morning. Number one a camp counselor comes up about about your age probably, hidden for camp with young people, all worked up because he had just talked with the supervisors of the camp about what he had planned to teach them and they didn't

want him to teach it.

Namely, he wanted to talk about the sovereignty of God.

And they said, oh, children don't need about the sovereignty of God.

Children shouldn't be taught about the sovereignty of God and he was just deeply grieved and exercised and wanted me to pray with him.

And I want to say to you, children need to know a great big glorious sovereign God and they're the easiest ones to teach it to.

So don't skip it. Don't create a college crisis if you don't have to.

Number two, a woman in her 50s just had a nine inch ovarian tumor taken out of her body three weeks ago.

I was in church again now and we'll go in for the chemo and all of her hair will come out.

It's a stage three cancer.

She's standing there with her husband, Dawn,

and exulting in the greatness and glory

and sovereign goodness of God in her life. greatness and

God in her life.

I've seen it for years after years.

I just can't get it when people say that to have a rock under your feet like the sovereignty of God in His goodness

is not a helpful thing pastorally. I've never known such a thing. So that's number

number two. If you have cancer or your mom does, what I have to say

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