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Okay Lee, can you repeat that please one more time? Set a level greater income to pay the bills. Copy that, need a little more income to pay the bills. Understand that Lee. Okay, as you all know Lee has a business, a landscaping business. And let's just pray that God provides Lee AL7KG with work and income to help pay the bills. Lee, thank you for that prayer request and thank you for being here, brother. I love you, appreciate you, and always enjoy hearing your voice. All right, any other check-ins, please come now. KN5F. WB7VNL. Okay, we had a double there. First of all, we're going to go with Will, KB5F, Will, I did get your e-mail. We are going to follow your suggestion. Over. Thank you, KM5F. I think that will be kind of fun as it has been yesterday. There's a lot of stuff that you don't get covered often, KM5F. All right, real good. Yep, Lee, thank you for that. That's Lee. Lee was the last guy I talked to. Will, I keep my Foxtrot. My brain had a little slip up there. All right, Will, that's Will, KM5F. And also I heard Roger, WB7VZO. Good morning, Roger. Good morning. Thank you for leading us again today. I'll be...oh yeah, a prayer request. Gene called and said he's not going. He has a family emergency and he'll be out of the area for a while. So he didn't know the full extent of what that meant, but he needed to tell me that we wouldn't be getting together today. All right, copy that. Okay, well, those things happen, and we'll trust that the Lord continues to work in Gene's heart. Gene is a new believer who has a history of some difficult problems and wants to turn his life around and follow Jesus. He was going to get baptized, but apparently that's been put off a little bit. So we'll see how that unfolds. So it seems like... Monkey wrenches always get thrown in the process there, but that doesn't mean it's a defeat for sure. All right, Roger, thank you for that, and we'll continue to pray for Keith. All right, any other check-ins, please come down. Any relays? There was a W7 PWL, I think. Okay, a W7 PWL. All right, station, please come again with your call sign. Everybody listen up. Okay, W7 PWL. Copy that. Yeah, I was able to pick it up at that time. Good morning, Brian, how you doing? Okay, unable to copy. Brian, can I get a relay of what he said, over? Okay. Sorry, we know Brian's in the middle of lambing season, he's probably going to be coming to an end there. Brian, give me a text message and let me know what you're trying to say. Appreciate that, Brian. Okay, any other check-ins, please come down. Alright, this is WB7MX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study. We're going to get started with our Bible study. And the Net would like to acknowledge Peter KJ7BA. Yep, we already got him down. And let's see, we've got KD7ES. Good morning, KD7ES. Appreciate you being here, and we got you checked in. KD7ES. Okay, I will look you up on QRZ. Thank you for being here. and thank you for being part of the west coast bible study that's kd7es all right and then we've got the philip k6 hsv good morning philip good to have you with us got you checked in there and uh let's see yeah peter says good morning to everyone on the utah good morning to you peter okay i think i'm caught up on the strs give me one second All right, all right. Okay, we, I got a text message here. Let me check and see what that is. And I've got, let's see, here we are. Yeah, that's Brian, KJ7PWM. All is good at the ranch, still 4-5 left to lamb. Alex is here this morning. Alex, good morning. I really appreciate you being there with Grandpa. Alex is five years old, last I checked. And Alex is hanging out with Grandpa in the ham radio shack. Oh, he's six now. Whoa, you're growing up. Alex, six years old. We're impressed. Good job, buddy. And you work with Grandpa today and have a good time. And we love you, little buddy, and we'll talk with you soon. So you're helping Grandpa with the lambs. Aren't they cute? I bet you've hugged a few of them. And so anyway, little Alex, thank you for being there. Love you. Okay, he's helping the bottle feet. All right. Well, good job there. Okay, so we'll continue to pray for Brian KG7PWM. He's still got, excuse me, just a second. Still got four or five lambs yet to have their, or sheep to have their baby lambs. All right, Brian, good, and Alex, good for you. All right, any other check-ins this morning? Please come now. All right, we're going to get started with a West Coast Bible study, and Will, QLike5Fox, emailed me last night, and... He suggested that we focus on the burial of Jesus today. Now yesterday, thanks to the suggestion of Mark at KJ7PBT, we focused on the death of Jesus yesterday, of course, on Good Friday. We looked at Isaiah 53, we looked at Psalm 22, we looked at Mark chapter 15, and we reflected on the substitutionary atonement of our Jesus on the cross and his death on our behalf. And then Will said, well, let's focus on the burial today. And then, of course, tomorrow, we're going to focus on the resurrection. So Will sent me a list of verses. We're going to go through those, and we're going to talk about the importance of Jesus being in the grave and all the events that surround that. But before we start our Scripture reading, and we've got a number of different passages to read thanks to Will, we want to open our time together in prayer. And so Kevin, KB7ZXN, could you open in prayer for us today, please? Absolutely. Let us bow our heads. Most Gracious Father, again we come to you with much thankfulness in our heart for this time that we are commemorating in remembrance, Lord, of your tremendous sacrifice that you gave yourself for us. And so many of us are excited to see the return missions to the and leaving the constraints of our own atmosphere, how much greater is it that you stepped out of eternity, Lord, into humanity and gave yourself a ransom for us that we might have eternal hope because of your sacrifice and your death and your burial, which we'll look at today, and, of course, your overcoming death, your resurrection. Father, we thank you for our Savior. We thank you for your forgiveness. Help us to be forgiving of others in like manner. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. Amen. Thank you so much for that, Kevin. Really appreciate that prayer. Yeah, KD7ES, is Eric there in Salem, Oregon? Not too far from me, Eric. It's only about an hour and 15 minutes between Foster, Oregon, where I'm at, and where you're at. Eric, good to have you there on the SDR. Thanks for being there. Okay, this is WB7MAX, and we are going to be looking at the significance of the burial of our Lord Jesus Christ. You recall in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, in verses 1 through 4 there, Paul talks about the gospel. And... And I just want to read that passage to you in order to pick up the significance of the burial of our Lord Jesus Christ. And so in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 1. It reads this, Verse 3, Now notice verse 4. And now if you skip down to verse 11. It says, therefore, whether it were I or they, so we preach and so you believed. So here's the gospel message. Christ died, Christ was buried, and Christ rose again. So the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is right at the core of the gospel. And in fact, it comprises the gospel and its belief in this Jesus. who died and was buried and rose again, that is the message by which we are saved. It says very clearly there in verse 2. Well, you know, we tend to focus on Christ died, and we did that yesterday, which was great. And then we tend to focus on the resurrection, which we're going to focus on tomorrow, and that's great. But in between... the death of Christ and the resurrection of Christ was the burial of Christ. And, you know, you'll notice that Paul there in 1 Corinthians 15 explicitly mentions the burial, verse 4, and that he was buried. And so the question we want to ask ourselves is, why did he mention that? Is that a big deal? And the answer is, it is a big deal. His burial is not a matter of insignificance. for two reasons. One of which, a part of the punishment for sin is that a man would return to the dust. And you remember in Genesis chapter 3 and verse 19 when God was pronouncing the curse on Adam. He says, And so Christ's burial was part of the humiliation that he endured in his suffering for sin. To be buried in the ground is the lowest humiliation a person can possibly experience. And so he humbled himself even to this level in order to save us from our sins. So burial is part of the bearing of the curse. And that's one reason why he had to be buried, is so that we could be delivered from that curse and from that humiliation and from that threat to return to the dust ourselves. All right, and then the second reason for his burial is it did more than just prove that Jesus was dead. It also removes the terrors of the grave for the redeemed and sanctifies the grave as being not a place of despair, but as the doorway into eternal life. And because Christ has been there, and Christ has been through it, and Christ has conquered it, He's gone ahead of us in going through it, and therefore the terrors of it are removed. And so when we go through the valley of the shadow of death, We need to fear no evil because He is with us. He's been there. He's removed the terrors of the grave. And now, instead of abandoning a body to the ground in despair, we are planting a seed, as it says in 1 Corinthians chapter 15. And that seed, one day, is going to sprout up to resurrection life. And so when you go by a graveyard, that's a seed yard. and death is something to reflect on, to meditate on, but not to be terrified of, because our Savior went ahead of us, went through it, and is going to go through it with us and deliver us out of it. So lots of good ideas there with reference to the resurrection, probably with reference to the burial of Jesus before his resurrection. So we'll be looking at some passages and... We want to have some folks read for us. And there's three major passages in the Gospels John, Matthew, and Mark we're going to be looking at. And so, Will, can you like five Foxtrot, if you could read for us, please, John chapter 19, verses 38 to 42. Will, that's John 19, 38 to 42. Go ahead there. Okay, just give me a second to get there. Okay, KM5F, and I'm reading from the NASB95. After these things, it'd be John 19:38-42. After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, so fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away his body. Nicodemus, who had first come to him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds of weight. So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as his... is the burial custom of the Jews. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had been laid. Therefore, because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Okay, I'm by that. Well, good reading. Thank you for that. All right. Anybody want to make any comments on this section that Will just read to us, please come down to your call site. KM5F? KM5F, please go ahead. Well, I had a comment about the... in 1 Corinthians 15. When I was looking at that earlier, I noticed that it said, both in 3 and 4, that he died according to our sins, according to the Scriptures, and then he was buried and raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. And what I was this was referenced because the New Testament had not been written yet. So my question was, what scriptures were they referring to? Because they had to be Old Testament scriptures. Can you clarify that? Yes, Will, that's a great question and certainly an appropriate one. And you gave us a number of scripture passages here, Will. from the Old Testament that tell us about the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. And in fact, what we see is New Testament preachers quoting these Old Testament passages in order to prove the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is not something new. It's something that was predicted in the Old Testament. And so why don't we look at one of those passages in Psalm 16. So if you all want to turn to your Bibles to Psalm 16. There's a passage there that is quoted a couple of times in the New Testament to describe the resurrection of Jesus in the Old Testament. So that's Psalm 16, and we'll start out reading at verse 5. Psalm 16 and verse 5, The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places. Yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel. My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Now here it is, verse 9 and 10. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices. My flesh also shall rest in hope, for thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. At thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. And so in verse 10 there, the word in the King James, it's translated hell, it's sheol. And sheol is a big word. It can refer to lots of different things. Here it's referring to the grave. because the idea here is of seeing corruption and the rotting of the body, if you will. I don't want to be too graphic here, but that's what's being spoken of. And so he says specifically, "My flesh," in verse 9, "shall rest in hope." So when we're taking a body and we're putting it in the grave, it's at rest. You know, we have this famous saying, rest in peace, right? And we're just talking about the body there. And so the long and short of it is, is that there's hope that that body is not going to remain there. It's going to be resurrected. And in the case of Jesus, verse 10, you will not leave my soul in the grave, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. So Jesus, of course, rose, from the grave, it says after three days. So there was part of Friday, all day Saturday, part of Sunday, counted as three days. And so his body didn't decay. It didn't rot away as most bodies do. So, Will, that's an example of the Old Testament, the Scriptures, talking about the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus right there in that passage. And, of course, Peter quotes that, and so does Paul. All right, Will, back to you. Go ahead there, Will. Well, that's all I had for the moment. I thought that would lead into the Old Testament, but I probably did prematurely cancel this. Is that it, Jim? Yeah, no worries. And, all right, did anybody have any comments they want to make about this Psalm 16 or about John chapter 19? Please come down with your call, sir. Is that extent? Oh, is that extent, Kevin? Please go ahead. Very good. Very good scriptures, and it's good to look at this. You know, it can often be overlooked. And I love the first four verses of John. 1st Corinthians 15 because it is the gospel the death burial and resurrection of our Lord but according to the scriptures is important it is pointing to the Old Testament but in Matthew 12:38-41 Jesus also pointed to the death burial and resurrection as when the Pharisees and and Jews were looking for a sign that he was the Messiah. He said, "The sign you're going to get is the sign of Jonah." And he was pointing to three days in the belly of the fish. In other words, he was buried, he was dead three days. And he resurrected. But so the sign, the whole events of Jonah and his resurrection from the dead there, was representing what is taking place, what we're looking at today, the death, now the burial, and then the resurrection of our Savior. Like KB7, is that acceptable? Yeah, Kevin, thanks for that reference to Jonah. And, of course, Jesus does say that that is a foreshadowing of his own death, burial, and resurrection. And so in Jonah chapter one and verse 17, it says, "And the Lord appointed a great fish "to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach "of the fish three days and three nights." And then of course the passage you cited there in the Gospel of Matthew, I think it was, where Jesus picked out that event, and he said that that is a picture of, my death, burial, and resurrection. So that's another example of what Will was talking about, and that is where does this passage in 1 Corinthians 15 point back to? It says, you know, he was crucified according to the Scriptures, he was buried and rose again according to the Scriptures. Well, the Old Testament does have illustrations of that and also direct statements about that. And New Testament authors tell us, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that these are the passages in the scriptures that prove the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus from the Old Testament. Okay, any other comments anybody wants to make on this subject or the passages we've looked at, please come down to the call center. Okay, Mark, KJ7PVT, go ahead. *Rain* Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Mark, I think I got most of that. There's a lot of static crashes there. But anyway, Mark was talking about Psalm 22, which we read yesterday, and how the crucifixion is presented through the eyes of Jesus and through the voice of Jesus. And there's all this chaos going on. and then suddenly it gets very quiet. Psalm 22 and verse 21, Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. And now here's the quietness, verse 22, I will declare thy name unto my brethren. In the midst of the congregation will I praise you. And so between verse 21 and 22, there's a dramatic shift in the tone of Psalm 22. And what we see here is going from the chaos and the pain and the humiliation... of the crucifixion to the joy and the peace and the praise of the resurrection. And so you'll notice in Psalm 22, between verse 21 and 22, dramatic shift, and all the rest of 22 is an expression of joy and praise and thanksgiving. And then Mark also mentions Psalm 23, and he talked about the fact that... We go through the valley of the shadow of death, but that's not the end. We will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. And while we're waiting, goodness and mercy are following us all the days of our lives. So we see the peace. And in fact, Psalm 23 is a picture in many respects of the tranquility and peace we have in heaven, where Jesus is presented as a shepherd in Revelation chapter 7, and he leads us by the waters, and he feeds us and gives us to drink, and we're protected and provided for. So Mark, thank you for those comments. and for that transition, especially in Psalm 22, and also the comforts of Psalm 23. All right, any other comments? Please come down with the call sign. All right, well, I would like to go back to the New Testament. Our first scripture reading there, which Will read to us, was in John chapter 19. And we see a couple of people involved in the burial of Jesus. And one of those, of course, is Nicodemus, and the other is Joseph of Arimathea. And so we see that these guys both were kind of... fearful for lack of a better word of following Jesus it says in verse 38 of John chapter 19 turn after this Joseph of Arimathea being a disciple of Jesus now notice but secretly for fear of the Jews the thought pilot that he might take away the body of Jesus and then verse 39 and there came also Nicodemus which at the first came to Jesus by night I brought a mixture of myrrh and So here's a couple of guys who were kind of sitting on the fence, that were fearful of being identified with the Lord Jesus. And what we see here is their faith blossoming. They recognize that he died on the cross for their sins, and they boldly step up, and both of them took a risk of execution themselves. by asking for the body of Jesus so they could bury it. Because if a criminal was killed, those who were associated with the criminal were under suspicion. And so when you came and asked for the body, it's like, well, you know, are you part of what he did? Maybe we should crucify you too, is the threat. But what we see is true faith always blossoms. under adversity. And true faith always comes to the fore and doesn't ever remain hidden. And so these two men became bold and said, I'm with him. I'm with this guy who was crucified and buried, and I'm going to assist in his burial. And what a marvelous ministry to participate in the burial of the Lord Jesus. And, you know, as we bury our loved ones, we're burying them in the hope of the resurrection. And we're doing so because of our love for them, our attachment to them, our sorrow that they're gone. And that's what these two guys were going through with the burial of Jesus. And so that's a real significant transformation that took place in these two guys' lives. Okay. Any other comments on these passages before we grab another passage or two? Go ahead. WB-7, Reza Bell. Roger. Please go ahead. I believe that Nicodemus particularly thought about that night visit, that night visit when Jesus said, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. And then I have a reference, John 12:32, about the seed, unless it's buried, it will not bear much fruit. So that's, as you say, part of the gospel, the barrier, the bearing of the seed to bear much fruit. And praise the Lord. Over. Yeah, well said. And thank you for pointing out that passage in John 3 and also John 12. Yeah, Jesus foretold of his own death in crucifixion to Nicodemus in John 3, when, as you said, you know, except a man be lifted up, you know, he's going to die like, you know, in the Old Testament, that serpent was put on the pole for the people to look at and be healed by. So Nicodemus knew exactly what he was referring to, and then when it happened, he said, "Okay, this is the true Messiah, and He is fulfilling the Scripture as He told me back in that upper room." And you're right, except the seed fall on the ground, it remains alone, but if it falls on the ground and die? It springs up and bears much fruit. And so Jesus had to be, as it were, planted in the ground as a seed. And then, of course, he came up out of the grave, and of course he caused, and is causing and shall cause, the resurrection of a multitude which no man can number. So imagine Roger putting one wheat seed in the ground and having enough wheat on the stalk that springs up to feed the whole earth. And that's kind of the picture here. Jesus is that one seed that's placed in the grave. And then when he's resurrection, he brings forth the fruit of a multitude of children. which no man can number of every kindred tongue, tribe, and nation. Roger, great thoughts there. Thank you for that. Okay, other comments, please come down. Is that extent? Is that extent? Go ahead. Yeah, and yes, thanks for that, Roger. And boy, Nicodemus, what a study he is of his own incense. But one of the things I think would be worthy... to address here in the time of the burial is Ephesians 4, 8-10 and other texts where some have the misunderstanding that Jesus went to hell during the time of his death. And in the Greek there's a word, uh, Sheol, which is the place of departed spirits, which sometimes is translated Hades, sometimes translated Paradise. And, uh, we see that throughout the New Testament and the Greek, even in the Old Testament and the Septuagint using the Greek. But, uh, But it needs to be clear that Jesus did not go to hell during his death. But so anyway, that might be worth reading and addressing that as we look at his time of death. KB7, is that okay? Yeah, Kevin, I completely agree with you. Where was Jesus when he was in the grave? Well, he didn't go to hell. Yeah, you know, the tip compartment theory of hell and all of that. I used to believe all that, but after I preached through Ephesians, I realized, oh, it doesn't teach that at all. And of course, that's not taught in 1 Peter chapter 3 either. So a little proper exegesis kind of debunks that. Kevin, thank you for pointing that out. Jesus' soul was in heaven when he was in the grave. presenting his sacrifice to his father. And we see that in Hebrews chapter 9. And anyway, the bottom line is that through his death and burial and resurrection, he provided atonement and he provided a pathway for us to experience eternal life. So anyway, Kevin, thanks for the comment. I agree with you. It's a big subject, lots of exegesis involved there. We don't have time for that. But thank you for pointing that out, and you and I are on the same page on that. Okay, we're quickly running out of time here. We have a little bit more time. I want to read some passages. Will? sent me a list of verses here. I really appreciate that, Will. One of the passages he sent me was Hosea chapter 13 and verse 14. That's Hosea chapter 13 and verse 14, where it says, I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plagues. O grave, I will be thy destruction. And repentance shall be hid from my eyes. So what we have is a wonderful declaration on the part of God that the grave is not going to win. And you recall in Revelation chapter 1, Jesus says, I have the keys of hell and of death. And so Jesus has the keys to the grave and to death. And he is able to release us from that just by his work. And you remember Lazarus, he was dead in the tomb for three days, right? And Jesus shows up, says, roll that stone back. And he spoke the words, Lazarus, come forth. And with those words came the power to resurrect that body that had begun to corrupt and decay. and bring it back to life. And then Lazarus, having been brought to life, was able to hear and respond and come out of the tomb. And so someday that same voice is going to speak, and the grave is not going to win over the power of the voice of Jesus. So he ransomed us. He paid the price. It's God's law and God's justice to satisfy their claims against death so that we can be freed. Because, you know, the sole cause of death is sin, right? And so when sin is removed, death cannot function anymore. And so when the atonement of Jesus is fully applied to his people, death cannot continue to operate. And resurrection will happen. and we will be delivered from death which is caused by sin. You remember Romans 6:23, right? "The wages of sin is death." So this is a wonderful passage, Hosea 13:14, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave. I will redeem them from death. O death, I will be thy plague." And so God is setting Himself up here as an enemy of death. So you've got death on one side and God on the other, and they're going to go to war? Huh. Well, the grave is going to lose. He is going to destroy death. He's going to destroy the grave. And, of course, that's talked about in 1 Corinthians 15, right? O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Well, they're not going to have it. Life is going to defeat death, and resurrection is going to defeat the grave. And that is the promise of a Savior who is buried. that he's not staying there, he's coming back to life. We get buried, we're not staying there, we're coming back to life. Hallelujah. I am so excited about that. All right, any other comments? Please come down with your call sign. All right, today I would like to acknowledge Brian, K7ZIP. Good morning, Brian and Dave, K7WKI. I see both of you guys there on the Utah SDR. Thank you for being there with us. Really appreciate that. All right, any other comments? Please come down. All right, well, hearing nothing, I think that we've got quite a bit here to meditate on, so I think I'm going to go ahead and turn things over to prayer at this point in time. All right. And we want to have George at K2KJX lead us in prayer. But before he does, are there any final prayer requests? Please come down with your call card. All right, George, K2KJX, go ahead and lead us in prayer. Please pray with me today. Thank you, our Heavenly Father, for your love and kindness. And thank you, Lord Jesus, that we can celebrate your victory over death and your saving grace. for us and giving us your spirit. I pray for Al, KJ7QQA, that Jerry had her eye surgery and she's recovering with some cornea swelling. And I just pray that you... intervene for it and help her with her eyes. And also for Al's radio repair and thank you for that. I think I got it right for Mike W7TWO I think I have it right. I shout it down. For Fern Ridge Christian Church, they need a pastor. And I pray that his eyes are cleared up and his stability of eyesight works out through New York. saving uh healing of power if it's okay another eye surgery went well thank you for that and i just pray that the healing will go well for a l7 Casey Lee we are all struggling with finances finances in our lives and I pray that he finds some more income to pay his bills for Roger 37 he's at El New Believer Dean calls and keep going out of the area for a while, and I pray that you keep him safe, keep him focused on you, Lord Jesus, and that he would come back with a renewed... Learn your words and get involved in a church. For Brian KJ7... The landing season seems to be going well, and I thank you that your grandson, Alex, consider one of the four here, and you're welcome to be in the Bible study. For Sandy, WS7SAB, thank you for healing from her hip surgery. for a Now, KJ7228, this is good light. I think I already talked about that carrier, so feeling up in the time surgery. So, Jeff, 8K6OK, I think I talked about that also. His light that is feeling up. Thank you for that. for Brian, KJ7CWM, for all the geeks and lambs. It's great to have a grandson there. And Doc W6RLJ, for the government of Egypt to allow medical missions to open up the dental clinic on the island. I think that was great. What a way to hear the gospel while doing medicine and healing people. For Kevin, K.D. Bennington, and Ben Eckbeth, this church in Calvary, New Hampshire, looks like they have a founding new pastor, and I pray that all goes well and that God would bless the choice of the congregation. Also in Walla Walla University, Um, They have obtained a pastor for the students. And I pray for these young people because they need Jesus, and maybe they'll be encouraged to share their faith with others. His name is Albert Handel. and I pray for wisdom as we minister to you. I pray for the silent multitude, for the ones that listen into the West Coast Bible study, that God would meet their needs, and they would be encouraged to pray and read their Bible daily, and they would find wisdom through your word, Lord Jesus. I pray for Brian, KJ7CWM, for Chris, for his salvation, for him to be open to Brian's ministry. I pray for Brian's wife, Hannah, as she begins a new, oh, that's a tough one, agritourism business on the farm. Oh, what a great thing to do. And hope for wisdom and success. for Jeff, AK-6, okay, Jeff, ongoing Bible distribution to sailors and soldiers and installation of chapels in the Navy and in the Navy and on the ship. I pray for wisdom and protection for pastors of churches. We seem to be in a time where... you A good thing to be a believer. Actually, I imagine the pastors are taking heat too, with some of them even coming into the church and protesting. I pray that God uses God's ministry to fellowship Christian loggers at M7 and M8, and I pray that all goes well there. for Mark W7UAR. Tyler is still struggling with drug addiction and Mark's mom, Fran, has some health issues and I pray that you heal them. And also for Scott, for the unsaint and uncursed in our community, They're here everywhere. You seem to be close to single-digit believers in our nation. And I pray, Lord, that you intervene, cause a revival in our land, in our country. And I pray that you make it happen. Thank you for your goodness and mercy, Lord. and grace to each one of us and for the gift of you, Lord Jesus, in our lives and for filling us with your Spirit. I pray these things in your name, Lord Jesus. Amen. Amen, George. Thank you so much for that prayer. Really appreciate that. This is WB7MX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study. I want to thank all the stations who checked in this morning, especially our new check-in, Eric, KD7ES. They're in Salem, Oregon. And also, I want to thank the stations who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency. We meet here seven days a week at 6:00 a.m. in order to read the scriptures, understand and then to pray for grace and mercy to live out what we've learned and for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning at frequency now to regular amateur use. This is WB7NX. I'll be clear and standing by. WP7, M-A-X, K2KJX. George, K2KJX, go ahead. Yeah, Roger. We're on 12-hour days now. We didn't get in until after 7. You have to say he was out of the outfit. So that's why I had to send you that email. And hopefully you'll get it. Hopefully you'll find somebody to fill it in for at least a month or two. And I'll be back in the saddle probably sometime in June, I'll be back. Copy that, George. No worries. Fully understand and we will... You just let me know when you want to fit back into the rotation and we will put you back in. You do a great job of posing in prayer for us. Really appreciate that, brother. I understand the busyness of this season, so no worries. Love you, and you guys get some rest, and we will pick you up back in the rotation whenever you say. So I'll wait on you. In the meantime, we will go ahead with the rotation of Al and Jerry and myself. So, all right, real good. Thank you for being there. Appreciate that, George. Have a great day. K2KJX73, WB7MAX. 73.. Alright, this is WB7MX, I'll be clearing QRT, see you all tomorrow, God bless. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you