Amen. Amen. Amen. Hope a well, church. Hey, we are in week six of a six-week journey through the

book of Ruth. And if you've missed any of the previous five weeks, Pastor Jobian Pastor Adam have done an

unbelievable job helping us unpack this beautiful little love story right in the middle of the Old

Testament. And it's been a great journey.

I've loved walking through it, and I have the honor to close us out with the last installment

of our Ruth series today. But before we dive into that, I want to recognize and appreciate

and pray for some people that are very special to us. And so if you're here and you are a teacher,

you would teach in public schools or private

schools or homeschools, if you commit your time, full time, to the development of the next

generation through education, would you go ahead and stand up? If you're at Bay Meadows and

Mandarin, if you're a teacher, if you would stand up, we would love to pray for you and appreciate

you as you start school back and as you go back to school.

Hey, let me pray for us. Join with me, church, as we pray for our friends. God, thank you so much

that you call us all to special and unique things and different professions by which we can

walk as a testimony to your grace. And Father, I pray for my friends

that are standing right now. I pray that you would empower them with the spirit of perseverance

and with patience. I pray that you would fill their hearts with love and their minds with

wisdom and peace. And Father, I pray that they would be a shining light in areas where there may only be

darkness. I pray that through encouraging words and through

hugs and through developmental stages, Father, that they would speak life into students all over our

city. And, Father, we pray that you would use them in a mighty way this year to make yourself known in our

school systems and beyond. We pray a special blessing on them as they march out into their mission field in these coming

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