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Well, good morning there, Carol. KK7TPO. How are you doing? All right, that's fine, Carol. We got you checked in. Appreciate you being there. And you're welcome to text message me if you come up with something over the process of time. So, Carol, thank you for being there. Appreciate that. All right, that's Carol, KK7TPL. Any other check-ins this morning, please come down. KJ7PWM. Alright, there is Brian, KJ7PWM. Good morning Brian, how are you doing? Good morning. Brian, you sound a little bit off frequency. Check your frequency there. I copied your voice, I copied all your words, but it sounds a little distorted, over. Yeah, that's much better, much better. All right, real good, Brian. How are the lambs doing? Doing good. We've got the... We've got a couple of bottles. We're good. Alright, real good. I guess the bottle feeders are when the lamb is weak. Or, generally, they just feed off their mom, right? Yeah, I know those ones that just hit the ground. We had a couple of trips, and so when that happens, the mom will usually eject them, or... We had another one that the mom rejected, and it turned out that that one didn't make it. Copy that. That's farm life. That's for sure. Yep. You don't win every single time. It's a battle. And you know, that's part of the thorns in the fistfuls and the sweat of the brow that God talked to Adam about there and the curse that we all struggle with. And that is that farming and cultivating food doesn't always go smooth. There's lots of battles to fight. But it sounds like God's greatly blessed you. So we've got two ewes left to drop their lambs. All right. Well, real good, Brian. We will continue to pray. K-7ZIP. Brian, good morning. K-7ZIP. How you doing brother? Good, Max. Pray for my neck. I did something about it. I was out of shape. It's causing me a lot of pain, so I'd like that to go away. Alright, copy that. So Jerry, AE70R, we've got a prairie quest from Brian. Brian's call sign is KA7ZIP, and he's asking prayer for the pain in his neck. So he has some neck pain, got that thing out of shape, and it's killing him. So let's pray that God heals his neck. Got a copy? Yeah, I got it. All right, real good. Brian, KA7ZIP, thanks for that request. Anything else there, Brian? Go ahead. That's about it. Just looking forward to the meeting. What are we reading today? Yeah, copy that. We're reading Galatians chapter 6 verses 7 to 10. Galatians 6:7 to 10. Over. Roger that. Alright, real good. That's Brian, KA7ZIP. Alright, other check-ins, please come now. WB7VZL, the band is back. Yes it is, Roger. We're hearing everybody quite well today. So anyway, appreciate that and appreciate you being there. Any prayer requests, Roger? Well, just ongoing. The domestic setting here is going to change, and so we're asking prayer for that. Over. Yeah, copy that. So, Jerry, 8070R, we are praying for Autumn to find a new place to live. She's been living with Jerry, strike that with Roger, and his wife, Daylene, for many months now. And it's time for Autumn to find a new place to live. So that's the prayer request. Over. I have a doubt. Thank you much. Okay, Roger, we got that. Anything else before we get going? Just ongoing radiation. She's only a third of the way through. Yeah, copy that. So, anyway, D-Link continues to receive radiation. Yeah, AK6OK, good morning, Mac. Okay, there he is. There's that voice. Jeff, good to have you with us. Any prayer requests? You know, for me, I've been really weak lately. I'm going to be getting a bunch of medical tests here pretty quick. Just for me to come back and knock them dead. All right, so we're praying for Jeff to AK6OK for physical strength. He's feeling weak lately, lack of energy, and so we're praying that God will bring Jeff's energy back, whatever that is that's draining his energy. Copy, Jerry? Good. Thank you, Jerry. Appreciate that. All right, Jeff, we got you on the pro list. All right, any other check-ins this morning before we get started? Please come down. K6LVP. Well, good morning, JR. K6LVP. How we doing, brother? Had a very nice weekend, Max. Got a little snow here over the weekend. Got some much-needed rain. I believe the stars are in line, and he who presides over all has got it together. K6LBP wishing everyone a great morning. God bless you all. All right, JR, great signal. Super good signal. Yep, God is managing nature, and He is managing all the affairs of our life, and in that is our peace, because He says He's going to work all things together for our good that will cause us to be more like Jesus. And so while all things are not always pleasant, they always produce more Christ-likeness, which is what the goal is and what we're all about. So anyway, real good, JR. Thanks for keying up. Always appreciate hearing your voice. All right, anyone else want to check in? Come down. All right, we are going to get started with our Bible study today. We're in Galatians chapter 6, verses 7 through 10. And what we have here is some real practical exhortations about our personal conduct that is the end result of our faith in Jesus and the outflowing of our following of Jesus. And so these verses are kind of packed, and we're going to kind of take them apart, God willing. and get the full nutrition out of Galatians 6, verses 7 to 10. But before we read, we want to open our time together in prayer today. And so I'm going to ask Bert, W7RKD. Bert, if you would open a prayer for us today, I would sure appreciate that. Back to you there, Bert. - Yeah, sure. - This is Debbie Sown, RKD, Powerheads, and you're ever a father. We thank you for this day. We thank you for this gathering over this radio frequency. So we may know you better than we know you. and know in which direction you wish us to go with our lives in serving you Lord. We always want to be the best that we can be. Always remain tangible and always keep you double over our Father of all things in the kingdom of God. We pray that you and the kingdom of God be for all things. So we also may be able to could find a loss. Be that beacon, that light, that lighthouse that you need us to be to attract them. We only want to serve you, Father. May you bless us all. In Jesus Christ's holy name we pray. Amen. Amen, Bert. Thank you so much for that prayer. I really appreciate that. And I would like to acknowledge Eric, K7, ES, that's Kilo Delta 7 Echo Sierra. Eric, good morning, good to have you with us. See you there on the Afloom Bay SDR. Okay, this is WB7MAX, and we are looking at Galatians chapter 6, verses 7 to 10. That's a short section. I'll go ahead and read that this morning for us, and then we can talk about it together. All right, Galatians chapter 6, verse 7, "...be not deceived." God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. But he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well-doing. For in due season we shall reap if... we faint not. As we have, therefore, opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. All right, there is our reading, Galatians 6, 7 to 10. Any comments on this section, please come down to your call sign. Is that X-A? K6LBP. Okay, we got a double there. We'll go first with K6LBP. JR, go ahead with your comment, and then we'll grab Kevin. Yeah, Max, this reading this morning, one second. Yeah, I got to pick up my signal a little bit. This reading this morning touches me because I have, I'm prepared this morning to go to court. I have a daughter who's going through a divorce, having child custody issues, and today we're going in to talk about child support. Her ex-husband was over a year without work. Paid no child support whatsoever. Apparently he felt that his children didn't need to eat. So this gentleman seems to be sowing I don't even know what he's sowing, but I believe that he needs to wake up before he goes too deep here. So this touches me pretty deeply because it is my daughter. and my grandchildren who are suffering through this the most. Many people are affected. My wife and I are affected. However, it's a rough deal to go through. We ask the Lord's guidance, and I know that I am not the only one who's experienced things such as this. It affects those around us. And so your daughter's being affected. Her children are being affected. You're being affected. And so, you know, when we make these bad choices of sowing to the flesh, before we go down that road, we need to ask ourselves not just what will this do to me, but what will it do to other people also? And, you know, ultimately sin is selfishness. It's saying, I'm going to ignore God, and I'm going to ignore other people, I'm going to do what I want, and the consequences, you know, will be whatever they are, and I don't care. So, yeah, we'll pray for this young man, that God will cause him to recognize the evil of what he's done. And the need to start making better choices, not only so that he can have better outcomes, but so that he can bring blessing instead of cursing into the lives of those that he impacts by his choices. What's that young man's name? His name is Ryan, and I appreciate the prayers for Ryan, certainly. And, yeah, Max, he needs much prayer. He needs much direction. All right, real good. So, Jerry, 87ER, let's put Ryan, that's R-Y-A-N, on the prayer list here for him to take responsibility to meet the financial needs of his ex-wife and children. JR, thank you for bringing that to our attention. We'll certainly pray regarding that and the outcome of that court hearing today. Okay, real good. Kevin, KB7 Zedekson, you had a comment. Please come forward. Yeah, KB7 Zedekson, thank you, Max. And I'll certainly be praying also for your daughter and the children as well and the family there. Yeah, in the text here, and that's a, well, it's an example of reaping what you sow, you know. He begins this text here in verse 7 with, "Be not deceived." And that's an important awareness to have. You know, this is a very, very important principle in the Word of God. And this is part of our living our life as believers as Paul is talking about. But he cautions us initially here, following verse 6, that we should invest in those that devote themselves to teaching, doing the Lord's work and Lord's ministries. and and you know where our treasure is there our heart will you know where our heart will be as well as Jesus puts it but being not deceived is important because we can you know deception is all around us we see scammers in a in a regular life every day your phone gets filled with it between texts and calls and the internet and and on the streets and and even in the Or if someone tries to tell you, well, yeah, you can do crystal meth and you're not going to get addicted. Well, we know that's deception. That's a lie. But in the context here, he's talking about, you know, the flesh and the deception. And we might translate that, they translate that today as basically our self. So are we going to be focused on self? or spirit and walking in the spirit and sometimes we can get those mixed up as we see we talk about in verse 1 of this chapter here and have missed up and fall into sin But it's important to understand that we do reap what we sow. If we are sowing to ourselves, then we're going to reap corruption. We're not going to reap the blessings of God. But if we sow in the Spirit and walking in the Spirit... We invest in the kingdom of God and growing His kingdom and invest in the saints and sharing the word with others and praying for people like Ryan and also people like JR and his daughter and children. That's investing in the kingdom of God. and then following through. And also it denotes sometimes it's planting seeds. Sometimes it takes time. You don't just plant a seed and then walk out the next day and say, "Well, where's my harvest?" There's a season for everything. But it also, more importantly, I think just quickly causes us to, Do the work first. Invest in the kingdom of God and not ourself, but in the kingdom of God. And before we do expect to receive a harvest at all, you know, you don't put a log in the fire and say, well, give me heat. or log in a fireplace and say, "Give me heat." First you've got to start the fire. You know, and so you have to plant the seeds. You've got to nurture and invest. You know, this agrarian thought here is very important. This is not karma, lest you be deceived. But this is a report principle, a spiritual principle, that we should be focused on, as I sometimes say, do something eternal today. Let's not be focused on ourselves so much as what we can do to bless others for the kingdom of God. KB7 is that acceptable? Yeah, you know, that first point you brought up there, Kevin, is so important. Be not deceived. And as you said, there's a lot of deceivers. You know, it says in 2 John 1-7, For many deceivers are entered into the world. And so Satan has his people. He's the father of lies. And so he sends out his people spreading lies. And we are living in a culture that is saturated with lies. Lying seems to be the norm, and lying seems to be that which is just accepted as the ordinary course of affairs. And we see it in every dimension of our cultural experience. But, you know, there's not only the deception that comes from without, as you said, Kevin, there's also the deception that comes from within. In 1 Corinthians 3.18, it says, "...let no man deceive himself." So a lot of times our own self-perception can be skewed, or our own perception of events or circumstances that have occurred around us can be skewed. And so deception from without, deception from within, And of course, in the context of our passage here in Galatians, there was massive deception going on about the gospel and what it was. And you recall back in chapter 1, in verse 7, it says, There'd be some that would trouble you and pervert the gospel of Christ. So there's always deception going on about what are the terms of salvation? What is the gospel? And so we've been facing and dealing with that particular deception all through our study in the book of Galatians. Salvation is not by works. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, and Christ alone. But there's plenty of people who would tell you otherwise. So one of the things that we have to be aware of is the deception that is around us, and then the deception that can even rise up within us. Alright, other comments on this passage please come now. Quick follow up. A follow up, go ahead. Yeah, and thank you for mentioning that, Max, because the primary point I really wanted to make, as we were talking about with Steve earlier, mine doesn't work as sharp as it should, but is the deception of people not believing that there's consequence to sin. And this is the greatest deception the world would have us believe, you know. And even, you know, the warning that when we walk in the Spirit, you know, it's important that we stay focused on God, we stay connected to God. And that's the value of a very active prayer life. time in the Word, fellowship with the brethren, and these things that God has put in place as a plan in depth because we can so easily be deceived if we somehow think that we can get away with sin or that we can so to ourself, if you will, to our flesh, if we can sin with that consequence, we are deceiving ourselves. You know, if you think, well, you know, I can have an affair with the secretary at work and nobody will know. Well, yes, sin will find you out. Sin always finds you out. First of all, God knows nothing is hidden from him, but it will have consequences. You will reap what you sow. And so, yeah, sin is, we can be deceived that, oh, well, you know, sin does not have consequence. It absolutely has consequence there. KB7 is at extent. Yeah, and that is such an important point, Kevin, and thank you for making that point. You know, the deception here revolves around the second part of verse 7. God is not mocked. A lot of people think that they can fool God, that they can deceive God. They labor under the deception that God isn't looking, God doesn't know, God's not going to keep you accountable, God's going to forget, He doesn't keep records. Those are all deceptions. And in fact, the Bible is full of declarations about the omniscience of God. For example, Proverbs 5.21 says, For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all His goings. And it says in Proverbs 15, 3, the eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. So, you know, the idea that God isn't watching, that God's not keeping track, that God's not going to bring us to account is, is the worst deception of all, because what it is, it's the casting off of the fear of God. You know, the Bible is saturated with references that both the unsaved should fear God in terms of terror of His coming judgment, and the saved should fear God in terms of having a concern for his smile on our actions, that we have a focus on, what does God think of me and what I'm doing? And I want to please him and not come under his correction. So, yeah, God sees, God knows, and everything we do has consequences. We reap what we sow. Kevin, thanks for pointing that out. All right, other comments on this passage? Please come down. AK6OK. Jeff, AK6OK, go ahead. You know, around here we have farmers that, uh, that they raise strawberries. And we have strawberry stands here and there, uh, each about an acre. And, uh, this passage reminds me of, uh, the old man and his wife that are out there laboring away, uh, you know, months ago, getting the soil ready and killing off all the weeds. and then planting plants by hand and every morning early, early out there taking care of those plants and eventually they've got beautiful strawberries. And without all that labor and with all that work, you know, getting everything ready and maintaining this, they will not have that crop and that is their income. And they do it every year and I'm just amazed to see them standing out there in the field doing what they do and it takes hard work to make it happen. Over. Yeah, copy that, Jeff. And you know, a lot of people look at outcomes and they become envious because they think somehow they had those outcomes without doing the work. And, you know, sowing and reaping isn't instantaneous as Kevin pointed out earlier. It takes time between the time you put the seed in and you put the work in and you do the fertilizing and you do the watering and you do the weeding and then ultimately you have the crop and you have the income. And you know most of us are sitting here later on in our lives and we are reaping. the results of the choices that we have made. And if we have some good outcomes, it's because of a lifetime of work and planting and weeding and working and saving and self-denial and making good decisions. And now here we are at the end of our life with our outcomes. And it's true of other people, too. I mean, there's folks that are living under the bridge because of a lifetime of choices, and they have their outcomes. So the point is, is that if we sow to the flesh, we shall of the flesh reap corruption. But if we sow to the spirit, we shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. And we need to remember the context of that particular statement. And that context is chapter 5, where we talked about the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these. Adultery, fornication, etc. Witchcraft, hatred, murder, drunkenness, revelings. And then, of course, we have the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control. And so the question is, are we engaging in the works of the flesh? Well, if we are, those have outcomes. And are we engaging in the work of the Spirit? And if so, then those have outcomes as well. So, you know, when we think about what does it mean to sow to the flesh. What does it mean to sow to the Spirit? Well, just look back in Chapter 5 and you can see the list of things that it means to sow to the flesh and things that it means to sow to the Spirit. And every day we have 10,000 choices to make. Every moment of every day we're making choices about what we think, we're making choices about what we say, we're making choices about what we do. And those things have consequences. like that farmer. Every day he gets up and does the things that matter. So that in the end he's got lovely strawberries. And that's what we have to do as well. Alright, other comments please come out. K7ZIP K7ZIP, Brian please go ahead. Yeah, like the, uh, like the half of verse 9, it says, "At just the right time, we will reap harvest blessing if we don't give up." With a crop, you know, or in all analogies, uh, there's a time that we know that that crop should pop out, but we should, uh, profit from it. But, uh, this was a little bit wrong in that, uh, we might not know the timing, or we don't know the timing. Yeah, Brian, excellent comment. And that's where faith comes in. You know, Brother Will KM5F is always reminding us about the need for faith. And that is so true in this whole issue of ministry. And that is that, you know, we do the right thing, we do the right thing, we do the right thing, we do the right thing. And it seems like there's no results. It seems like, in fact, even bad things happen to us sometimes when we do the right thing. And we suffer persecution or we suffer some pain or difficulty or deprivation of some kind. And so, you know, it says, in due season we shall reap. Well, what is that season? Well, it might be a year from now. It might be a decade from now. It might not be until the day of judgment that God rewards us for the labor we did for Him on the earth. And that's the reason why people faint. That's the reason why they grow weary in well-doing and they give up and quit doing it, because they don't see results. Or they might even see persecution when they do the right thing. And so by faith we have to look past the persecution, we have to look past the apparent persecution, the uselessness of what we're doing, and by faith believe that, yes, this does matter, and it will produce a good outcome. And Brian, one of my favorite verses that sustained me so often in the work of the ministry, and even to this day, is 1 Corinthians 15, 58. In 1 Corinthians 15, 58, it says, Let us therefore be steadfast and unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor for the Lord is not in vain. And so we need to abound in doing our work, knowing that even though it may appear to be in vain, what we're doing, it is not. God has promised it won't be. And so he says, my word that goes forth out of my mouth will not return to me void. It will accomplish that word until I've sent it. And so any labor that you do for the kingdom of God, you know, will be rewarded. It will bring forth fruit. We may not see it in a day, a month, a year, or a lifetime. Right. But we will see it. And I think about the choices in the Old Testament that some of these men made, and women too, and the repercussions that happened down through the generations that they knew nothing about that brought great blessing to the kingdom of God. So we have to labor by faith, knowing that the harvest is coming. We just don't know when it is. We don't know how much it is, but we know that whatever it is, it will be worthy of all of the labor and effort and self-sacrifice that we put in to serving God in this life. And so he is no fool who invests his entire life in serving Christ with diligence, faithfulness, and energy and effort and zeal. because in the end it will prove to have been a life well invested, even though not much was seen from that investment in the immediate present. Back to you there, Brian. Go ahead. I appreciate that. Also, because he talked earlier in our passage about those who... in the simple nature we can say the same thing. So that unfortunately is a life that's been in scenes and that generations beyond that we never knew about. - Yeah, that's well said. The process works both directions, doesn't it? And that's the whole conundrum of Psalm 73, right? We see the wicked prospering and they're doing really well in this world. And he says, you know, that almost drew me into wanting to follow them. But he said, "Then when I understood their end," I saw that in due time their foot will slip. So, yeah, the wicked are going to reap as well. And they're going to reap the results of all their wickedness. And some of that reaping won't take place until the day of judgment when they're cast into hell. So that principle works both directions. If you sow to the flesh, you are going to reap. And if you sow to the spirit, you are going to reap. and those are absolute principles that always turn out to be true. So I don't think that just because you're not reaping the results of your evil choices right now that the reaping is not going to happen. It will happen. In the same way, just because we're not seeing results from our good choices right now, those results will happen. So, Brian, thank you for pointing out that parallel. That is excellent. Okay, other comments on this passage? Please come now. YSI. YSI, go ahead, Steve. Yeah, I was just sitting here, being reminded of the Lord Jesus in Hebrews chapter 12. And I'd like to just read you a couple of verses. This is therefore, in 12:1, "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witness, grounding us, that's what Paul's chapter 11 is all about. Let us also lay aside every encumbrance and sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Fixing our eyes on Jesus, author, perfecter, faith. For the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand on the throne of God. And here's the one that really speaks to me, verse 3. Consider him. who has endured such hostility by sinners against himself so that you may not grow weary and lose heart. 3-6-1-5 Yeah, Steve, thank you for pointing out the example of Jesus. who suffered really negative outcomes for making really good choices in the short term. And so here he is, his ministry of three years, where it says in 1 Corinthians chapter, no, strike that, it says in Acts chapter 10, it says of Jesus, he went about doing good. and healed all those that were diseased. And so what was the outcome of that? Well, he got crucified, didn't he? And so sometimes you'll do good. You'll preach the truth. You'll set a good example. You'll engage in self-sacrifice. And people will throw rocks at you. And it's just the way the ministry is. And people will make false accusations against you. And it will seem like, well, what is the use? Well, look to Jesus. the author and finisher of our faith. He got a lot of rocks thrown at him, metaphorically speaking. He got crucified, right? And so it appeared that all of his good resulted in bad. But, of course, then there was the resurrection, right? And now for 2,000 years he's been harvesting the fruits of his choices that he made to bring redemption to us. So Steve, thank you for that example of our Lord Jesus as one who sowed to the Spirit and reaped not only resurrection but everlasting life for all of us. All right, any other comments on this passage, please come in. I have a comment, Steve, over your 6-1-6. Steve, go ahead and read the follow-up. Yeah, follow-up. Yeah, I understand, you know, that was a terrible thing that happened to Jesus, and those that God calls into the ministry, they're going to run into the same stuff that Jesus did. It's not an easy road, being a minister. Now, what I want to comment on is, the everyday It has to deal with the realities of what Galatians 5 talked about. Okay, if you're going to walk by the flesh, this is what your life is going to be like. You're going to get involved in all kinds of ugly stuff. If you walk by the Spirit, this is the good stuff. It's a constant battle. And they too, you know, it's just not those that are in the ministry. It's those that are trying to walk in obedience, I guess is what I'm trying to say. That'd be 6YSI. Yeah, Steve, you're exactly right. Pastors aren't any different than people. People experience all the same struggles and all the same triumphs and blessings that pastors do. So, Steve, totally agree with that, and thank you for pointing that out. That this is describing, you know, the ordinary experience of ordinary Christians, As they go through their life, this is not something that is reserved for some special class of people. And so, you know, we have these exhortations in verse 9 to not be weary in well-doing. You know, it's easy to get tired of doing ministry. It's easy to get tired of making those right choices, like Steve was talking about, in your personal daily life. Because the enticements of sin are powerful. The persecutions that arise are potent. And, you know, you get tired in the battle. And, you know, they that wait on the Lord will renew their strength. And so you've got to draw fresh strength from Jesus every day to not be weary in well-doing. And one of the ways in which we draw that strength is by thinking about the fact that my labor is not in vain and by the fact that in due season I will reap it. if I faint not, but weariness and fainting are constant temptations. We have to fight those things, and we have to, as Paul says, fight the good fight and finish our course and not give up halfway through. And so there's that exhortation there in verse 10, which is kind of the conclusion of the whole matter. As we have, therefore, opportunity, let us do good. And, of course, particular objects are unto all men, especially those who are of the household of faith. But the idea there is let's do good. Jesus said, Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven. And so we have to, you know... We see those who just keep on doing the right thing. We do the right thing in relationship to the believers. We do the right thing in relationship to the unbelievers. And by that, we let our light shine and we bring glory to God. So if you have an opportunity to do good today and do the right thing, we'll do it. And don't let the devil whisper in your ear and say, oh, you know, you've done this so many times and nothing's come of it. Why don't you just give up? No, we don't have that attitude. We have the attitude, no good will come of it, even though I don't see it. It will come in due time. And in the meantime, I'm going to keep doing the right thing by faith because we walk by faith and not by sight, right? And that's the problem with so many folks is that they modify the message and they modify the ministry in order to get those results, those visible results. Well, the trouble with those visible results is a lot of them are just wood and stubble, right? And they just burn up. So let's do the gold, silver, and precious stone thing. Let's do our work according to the wisdom of God, the will of God, and the Word of God. And as we do it in that fashion, we will reap genuine rewards and genuine blessing down and not take the cheap shortcut to fake results because we're unwilling to wait for that due season, as Brian, K87ZIP, talked to us about, that will come down the road further than maybe we would hope. All right, any other comments on the passage, please come down. Thank you. Okay, I heard a call. Please come again. TV7, is that Xen? Is that Xen? Yes, copy. Go ahead there, Kevin. Yeah, man's going on us a little bit. Really good thoughts and comments all the way around, and I appreciate them. I think one thing to consider, too, in this principle that Paul is talking about, one is, you know, when you sow a seed, when a farmer sows a seed, he doesn't expect just one kernel to come out. If he plants a kernel of corn, he's not expecting just one kernel in the harvest. You know, when you plant seeds, the harvest is multiple of what you plant. And in light of that, it's important also, remember, as he talks about, you know, not sowing to the flesh, but sowing to the spirit. You know, all of us as believers really have two bags of seeds. We have the bag of seeds of focusing on ourself. We have the bag of seed on sowing to the Spirit. And so day by day, we need to be conscious of which bag of seed are we going to sow from. Are we going to sow from our selfish desires? Are we going to harbor maybe bitterness in a situation or relationship? Someone has done us wrong. Are we going to focus on serving ourselves? or are we going to sow from the bag of the Spirit? And so, you know, just a visual, I think, to help us understand. We have that choice. We have still our old nature with us. And the temptation is our... Our proclivity is to really sow from that what serves me best, what do I want. Nobody's going to do that to me, that kind of attitude. But if we sow from the Spirit, we're investing in the things, as Paul talks about, in the ministry, in the mess of other people's lives to help them, to lift them up, to take time to share the gospel, the good news with them. We invest in people's lives for the glory of God. And they'll see. We might not be around when that harvest comes, but we know by the principles of the harvest that that harvest will come. KB7, ZXM. Yeah, well, Kevin, I like the illustration that we've got two bags of seed. We've got a bag of grass seed and we've got a bag of wheat seed. and which one are we going to cast out of today onto the ground and reap a harvest down the road. I appreciate that. That is a wonderful illustration. All right, we are out of time. It's time for us to go to prayer. Are there any final prayer requests before we go to prayer? Please come down to the call sign. All right, Jerry, AE70R, go ahead and close the prayer for us today, please. Hi, Leonard Fritz. I thought I'd have a good time with you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. We're out there doing the discovery alert, and we ask you to consider the following prior request. Steve, W6YSI, this is Life Less Least. He laying out his respiratory infection. For Steve that has wisdom and cares for his mother, I learned earlier this year that he has COVID and pneumonia. He asked that Steve have wisdom in the living situation for his mother. Sandy, WSWFAD, Kaylee from Hutt Surgery. Al, KJ7Q20, Keeling of Wes Cherry from Eye Surgery, a successful surgery on a 15th on a rubber eye. Brian, KJ7PWM, for all of his sheep in healthy land. Josh, 36RLJ, from the government of Stevie. to allow a mission to open a dental clinic on the island. Lee, the L7KG, has the success in his book selling business. Al, the L7QQH, was here at Prey and learned to be healing for his son John from cancer. And Al's neighbor, Lucas, he suddenly lost his hearing. He needs a diagnosis to cause him to treatment plans. Rick, smoke fangirl. Christian, he has malignant melanoma. Now he's taking an immunotherapy treatment to stimulate his T-cells to fight the cancer. He's struggling with muscle hepatitis. He needs to sell his business. We pray for a buyer to come and purchase his business. And Lord, we also pray that those T-cells do their job in fighting that cancer. She is showing good improvement and still has some pain. George, K2, KJX, feeling a white face, color, and fiber cream. And we have thousands for your son Tommy. Keith, K7 and AD, pray for restoration of your friend's memory. For 40 years, he was breaking up and has been leaving his wife. We thank the Lord for goodness through his grief. And for his gift to this time changer. So Lord, we end on a safe trip. and we give praise to you. Jesus, your sacraments are lifted and returned with 20 fruits. We pray for faith travel. One, prevent the devil from coming. We pray for doctors to manage his eyes to give him full vision. Ryan, AK7, VIP, pray for relief from pain in his neck. Autumn, Mark, we pray that she finds a place to live. Also, we pray for God to release radiation and ask for us care. Jeff, AK6OK, have him checked. and that God will restore his energy. JR, we pray for his daughter and grandchildren over a non-support pay. They're going to court today and we ask for better choices for women. May God test his heart that he will make better choices for his next life and his children. Lord, as we continue through this day, Lord, help us keep our focus on you. Bring us closer to you. Keep us all well and safe. And we ask these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen, Jerry. Thank you so much. This is Max WB7 and Max Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study. The NET would like to acknowledge Gene K7 GWR. Gene, I saw you there a while back on Half Moon Bay. Thanks for showing up and being here and pulling up a chair. That's Gene K7 GWR that checked in. I'd like to thank all the stations also who not only checked in, but also 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 their meaning, message, and application, and then to pray for grace and mercy, to be able to live out the lessons that we learn from the Scriptures, and then for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning as frequently now to regular amateur use. This is WB70 Mix. I'll be clear and standing by. Yeah. WB7VZL. WB7VZL, go ahead, Roger. Yeah, I just wanted to thank you for the prayers for our setting here. And I was going to say something here, too. I've been quite impressed lately with this verse 10. So then while we have opportunity, it seems like as we age, and I'm 75 now, And as I visit care centers, your circle of influence and your mobility gets slow. I mean, it gets smaller. And so where we have the mobility and where we have the ability to express the love of God, it's sure challenging, that concept, where we have the opportunity. Anything certainly diminishes many opportunities, don't it? Roger, that's really well said, and thank you for bringing that up. Excuse me just a second. You know, you're right. Opportunity is not there forever. And I think of myself and the things that I was able to do when I was in my 30s. I can't do those things now. That opportunity to do those things is gone forever. And so we have to seize the opportunity while we have it. You know, we have an opportunity to raise kids. They grow up, leave home. That opportunity is over. And that's true of so many things in life. So we have to labor while it's day because the night comes when no man can labor. So, yeah, let's seize the opportunities that we have right now because we only have forever to get the things done that God has called us to do. And the time to do them is today. because there's no guarantee that there's even going to be a tomorrow, much less that we'll have the capacity or the strength to be able to do that. You know, I've seen so many people whose ministries have come to an abrupt end because of a stroke or maybe a heart attack or something. And so let's do the work while we can. because as you well said, there's coming a time when we won't be able to. So invest in the kingdom now. Back to you, Roger. Yes, and as that opportunity diminishes, there can be the accompanying of what we find in verse 9, losing a heart. That is huge. And then, of course, I spent... a number of hours in amazing seminar regarding preserving our memory and how the blood sugar levels of our bodies do take away from the ability for us to think and function and over over one meal at a time. If the blood sugar levels are excessive, they really do wreck havoc with the brain as well. So anyway, all sorts of dimensions that we need to be aware of and test for so that we're not going to be deceived, so to speak, by just habit and going along without being mindful about what's going on. So that prayer of let's not be deceived Let's take advantage of the ability for us to know where we're at biologically so that our mind can function as well. That's kind of what I would summarize. I was pondering that this morning earlier as I was reviewing some of the handouts. Well, anyway, thanks for the bell. The band was just terrific today. A wonderful discussion and very significant passage. WB7VZL, thanks, Max. Talk to you tomorrow. All right, Roger, real good. And thanks for that nudge about blood sugar levels and carbohydrates and all those things. And, you know, we eat way too much sugar because it's in all of our foods. And we just have to be very aggressive about managing our glucose levels because... Our bodies weren't designed to operate on that level of sugar. And I think you're right. It does have a deleterious effect on our ability to think and a bunch of other things as well. So, Roger, thanks for bringing that up. God bless, brother, and appreciate your input so much. And as you said, we've got to be alert about so many things, alert about physical things, alert about social things, alert about spiritual things, because the devil walks about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. And if he can destroy the instrument, he can destroy the ministry. So that's why we manage our instrument, which is our body and brain. for maximum effectiveness, keep that knife sharp as it were, so it can be used more effectively in the work of the kingdom. So thanks for that input, Roger, and I'll give that some more thought myself. All right, 7-3, have a great day. Give a big hug to Daylene for all of us. We love you and we'll see you tomorrow. 73 WB7BZL, WB7MAX, standing by. KM5F? KM5F, Will, go ahead. I guess I missed the opportunity in verse 10 to cover the last part of the verse where it says, "Especially unto them who are of the household of faith." So the summary of this was that faith was the last word I noticed that night. I didn't comment on it earlier. KM5F. Yeah, thank you for that, because the household of faith are people who live by faith, aren't they, Will? And yeah, you know, faith is absolutely the heartbeat of Christianity. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. And yet, with faith, we can do all things by faith in Christ. in His Word and in His promises. And, you know, there's an interesting priority there, Will, that's set out there in verse 10, that, you know, we have limited resources, we have limited time, we have limited ability, and Jesus says, you know, do good first to those who are fellow Christians, who are defined as people who live by faith in Jesus. And then if there's time and resources and ability left over, you know, minister to the lost. But there's a priority there, isn't there? And that is our first responsibility is to our fellow Christians. And then after that, to the unsaved as we are able. Back to you there, Will. Go ahead. Yeah, one of the things I've noticed sometimes is that we oftentimes don't get to the summary verse of the section that we're on. That's all I have for now. Can't find it. Yeah, you're right. We try to proceed through the passage and get to the conclusion, and perhaps didn't spend as much time on the conclusion today as we should have, but I did mention verse 10 as the outcome to not being weary in well-doing. But yeah, that's a passage all by itself that deserves a good deal of thought and reflection and discussion. What does it mean to do good? Yeah. How do we do good? How do we do good in particular to the law? How do we do good in particular to the faith? And what does it mean when we talk about the household of faith? How do you define that? So, yeah, as you take each of these phrases and you think about them and their application and their interpretation, Yeah, not a comment on the scripture. This morning while listening to the prayer list, I feel like the Lord shouted in my ear that I'd like to reach out to you by email if I could. Someone on the list has a particular health issue, and I've had a similar issue, and I'd like to share some information with you. It'll be up to you if you want to pass that to them. Jerry, that would be wonderful. I'll be glad to do that. So you go ahead and email me. My email address on QRZ is good. So email me there and I will pass that along. Thank you, Jerry, for that. I think that's one of the practical ways in which we can help each other is to provide information that other people may not be aware of and they can do with it as they please. But thank you so much for offering that resource, Jerry. I'll be looking for your email over. Roger, roger. Right at this moment I'm getting ready to move to the other side of the shack where the home piece, or the work piece is, and sit down and work remotely for a while. Probably later today, but time is actually at the end, so I really need to send this to you right away. There's a time constraint. And if it is what happened to me, they need to act quickly. I'll leave it at that. The rest will be in the email. Wishing you and everyone else a great day. KG6J, 73. Copy that, Jerry. KG6J, understood. 73 to you, and I'll hear from you when I do. WB7MAX, standing by. Anybody else want to talk, go ahead and key up. KG7ZIP. Brian, KG7ZIP, go ahead. Yeah, Matt, you're right, Rick. I didn't mean to ask him, and I thought he could get to you. What kind of a business is he trying to fund, and where is he looking? Okay, so I heard you say something about business, and then I got lost in the static. Let's try that again and see if I can pick you up there, Brian. Go ahead. Yeah, your friend Rick Moosinger, he has a business he's trying to sell. What type of a business is it and where is he publicly located with that? Oh yeah, copy, good copy. Um, yeah, my friend Rick is in, is in Sacramento, California. And his business is a refrigeration business, so it's, uh, They build large walk-in boxes for commercial operations so they can store frozen foods, and he does every kind of refrigeration repair and maintenance and installation. So that's where it's located, and that's the nature of the business. Go ahead there, Brian. Roger, Roger. Thank you. All right, real good. Yep. Okay, any other comments anybody wants to make or discussions, please come down here closely. All right, then this is WB7MX, Nick Control for the West Coast Bible Study. I'm going to be clear in QRT, and we will see you all tomorrow, and we will pick up our study at Galatians 6.11. And we'll probably go through to the end of the chapter on that one. Okay, WB7MAX is clear in QRT. See you all tomorrow.. Thanks for watching! *Rain* Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ♪♪ ♪♪. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.