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And good morning, Brian, KJ7PWM, good signal, how you doing? Yeah, copy that. So, you have a daughter who is going to have a baby soon.

Did she ever have the baby? Over. Thank you.

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All right. Well, we continue to pray for them and, of course, little Alex as well. And really appreciate that update.

And we've been praying for a while for her pregnancy, and I'm thinking it must be getting close to time. So anyway, really glad to hear that she's reading the Bible and they're moving in the right direction at least. So appreciate you providing them with a list.

some things to read. Yeah, I met Tim LaHaye once in person at a seminar back in the day. That was a long time ago.

That was before he became real famous with his Left Behind series. But anyway, good guy, and I'm really glad that you're using his Bible reading thing there, and that is wonderful. All right, how are Bailey and Joey doing with their construction business?

*Rain* Thank you. Okay, I'm glad to hear that. Yeah, I know the craziness of getting started up in business and figuring stuff out.

becoming more efficient. But anyway, good for them. I'm glad they're doing well.

We've been praying for Chris for his salvation. Apparently he's a guy that you were sharing the gospel with. Any updates on Chris there, Brian?

Thank you. WS7SAB and Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee, good morning, Pastor Max and the group. Standby, WANDAX.

Go ahead there, Brian. . Real good.

Well, we'll keep praying for Chris and for you to be able to have some contact with him in the future. All right, Brian, KJ7PWM, good talking to you. Thank you for the updates and really nice to be able to hear you clearly.

today. Great band. All right, Beck, Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee and Sandy WS7 SAB, how are you guys doing, Beck?

I'm doing pretty good. Sorry about that. I didn't hear you talking at all.

I turned into dead quiet, so there's my key down. I'm only pushing 100 miles to the front of the sea for quite a while, I guess, till I get my only 1K back. Yeah, I've got you about 5 by 6, 5 by 6, so good signal today, Beck.

Feel free to speak up because I'm hearing you well. All right, that's Beck, Alpha Alpha 5 Yankee. All right, other check-ins to the West Coast Public Study.

Please come now. Okay, this is WB7MX, neck control for the West Coast Bible Study. It is a little after 6:00.

We need to get started. I had kind of a long cue-sow with Brian, KJ7PWM, because I was able to hear him well today. they're all equal.

And then they talk about the economic trinity. And that is that the trinity, as it does its work. So in the area of being, they're all equal.

In the area of work, there is superiority and subordination. And so that's the way it is in America. That's the way it is between parents and children.

That's the way it is between employers and employees. So let's not confuse different roles with different levels of value or worth or attributes or significance. We see that played out in the Trinity.

We see it played out in human relationships as well. All right. That's a little introduction to our section today.

And before we get started with our reading, we want to pray. And so, Will, can you like by Foxtrot, could you open in prayer for us today, please? Sure.

Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Great Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day and this time of Bible study and prayer across the western part of the U.S. where we're all able to get together and listen and study.

And we ask for your blessings on us as we read God's Word. We pray for those that have health issues. and for the caregivers of those.

And we pray that you would work in our hearts each and every day as we witness to others. Pray that you would keep evil out of our lives. Lord, we just ask that you would bless us as we read God's word this morning.

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen.

I'll get my STR turned off here. Thank you so much for that prayer, Will. Really appreciate that.

Okay, we are going to do some reading. Jerry, AE70R, if you could read for us today, I would sure appreciate that. Jerry, if you could read for us Ephesians chapter 5, verses 22 to 33.

That's 22 to 33 there, Jerry. Go ahead. Verse 22.

He said we could, and I said, I'm so worried. For the husband is the head of the wife, but Christ also is the head of the church. He himself is the Savior of the body, but he has a church ascendant to Christ, but also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives. such as also loved the church, and gave himself up for her, so that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of the water with the water, that he might present herself to the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, that their shame would be holy and blameless. So husbands ought to also love their own lives and their own bodies.

He who loves his own life loves himself. For no one ever needed to go to Christ, to America, to church. But just as Christ also does to church, because we are members of his body.

So this means that a man shall leave his father and mother, "And you shall be joined to his wife, and your two shall become one flesh." This mystery is true, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as themselves, and that the wife may see to it that she is the right one. Back to you, 8B-7A.

Jerry, great reading. Thank you for that. The net would like to acknowledge Peter, KJ7BA.

Peter, see you there on Utah and Haskins Bay. Peter, thanks for being with us this morning. Alright, that's Peter, KJ7BA, and Peter says good morning to everyone and good morning to you, Peter.

Alright, any comments on this section that Jerry just read to us? Please come down to your call line. KM5F, Foxtrot.

Will, KM5F, go ahead. Yeah, my wife and I just got through with this section here in a Bible study with a bunch of ladies. And one of the things I want to note is that this letter was written to the Christian church, so it was written to members of the church.

Can you hand me that? Yeah, copy that. This was written to members of the church.

It's interesting that Christianity impacts every single area of our lives. So it isn't just about our relationship with God, that vertical relationship that we have in terms of redemption and reconciliation and forgiveness and adoption and all of those things, but there's this horizontal component that informs how we treat each other. And so, yeah, this was written to Christians and of course it appeals to Christian motives the church is subject to Christ so let wives be to their own husbands and everything so Will thank you for pointing out who the particular audience was here that's being addressed in this passage alright any other comments please come now good accent go ahead Yeah, KB7 is that I can.

And thank you, Will, for making that point. It is always important to keep the context of who's being addressed here and who is speaking. The text here, I think, is one of the more often misunderstood texts and misapplied texts in the New Testament especially.

And as we see in verse 32, this is speaking really primarily and foremost of the mystery of the church and the relationship that we have with our Lord and Savior, with the church. And what a beautiful way to... express and provide understanding of that is in the institution of marriage or in marriage that God created that we might help have the understanding of this great mystery talked about here.

And as we looked at the text leading up to this in chapter 5, verses 18 and verses 22, we see this is to be for those spirit-filled and walking in the Spirit and in fellowship But also, as the Lord, as Jesus, head of the church, we being that bride, that faithful bride, and we're to be that bride in faith and in love and in trust of God. Christ, of Jesus, not just out of simple duty or, you know, subordination or just out of a hierarchy, but because we love Him, we trust Him, we put our faith in Him. And, of course, we see that role exemplified in marriage as Christ in the sacrificial side of that.

That is the agape love that we submit ourselves to. to Christ as the head, as the Lord. But that looks like, too, is as we are head of the household and symbolically, that shows in sacrifice.

We lay down our preferences as the husband. We lay down many times our preferences priorities as a husband to serve the wife, to serve the church. And as the example, of course, given here, to the extent of going to the cross, Christ laid down His life and sacrificed it for us as husbands, of course.

But this is symbolic of what is represented, the mystery unfolding in verse 32. This isn't just some 10 best ways to to have a good marriage on some secular level. This is the unfolding and understanding of the great mystery of the Church.

KB7 is that accepted. Yeah, Kevin, thanks for pointing out that what we see visibly is a reflection of spiritual principles. And so the spiritual principle is we have Christ.

And we have the church. He laid down his life for the church, and he leads the church. And the church submits to him, and the church follows his agenda and carries out his program.

And so that then is echoed and reflected in the marriage relationship, where the husband lays down his life for his family. And he leads his family and the wife would then submit to him and help him accomplish his agenda. So what we do in the physical realm should echo the spiritual reality that is in the invisible realm.

So, a good parallel there, Paul starts with the husband and the wife and how they should treat each other, and then he says, "This is all based on a larger principle," and that's the relationship between Christ and His people. Alright, good comment there, Kevin. Any other comments, please, come down.

Will is in there. Will, QMU 5 Foxtrot, go ahead. Yeah, I just also wanted to note that in some Bibles, it includes verse 21 with 22, which makes us subjective to Christ first, and that as we submit to one another out of our fear of the Lord.

Stand by that. Yeah, well, Will was pointing out that verse 21 is often connected with verse 22. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

You know, there's a sense in which we, and I mentioned this yesterday, that every person is our superior in that we may learn something from them. And so there needs to be an openness on our part to listen respectfully to the counsel and to the advice of others, to consider it thoughtfully, to examine it biblically, and then to act on it personally as is appropriate. Now, if somebody comes up to me who's a fellow Christian, But what it does mean is that we are open to counsel, we're open to advice, we're open to instruction.

And we have this attitude that when someone brings me the Word of God, it doesn't matter who it is, I am going to listen to that carefully. I'm going to consider it monthly, I'm going to examine it biblically, and then I'm going to act on it personally if it's appropriate to do so. So the submitting to ourselves to one another presupposes that this person is coming to us with the wisdom of God and with the Word of God, and so irrespective of their status, we should not just brush them off, but we should listen.

and consider. So, yes, well, submission is for everyone. Just because a wife is to submit herself to her husband, which she is, doesn't mean that he doesn't have somebody he's supposed to submit himself to, which is, of course, the Lord Jesus Christ and the elders in his church.

and his employer, and the civil government, and of course, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Word of God. So leadership does not imply autonomy. It implies that you have a role of guiding those who are beneath you in the area of authority and then submitting yourself to those who are above you in the area of authority.

And we saw this hierarchy back in 1 Corinthians in chapter 11 and in verse 1. And we looked at that not too long ago. It says in 1 Corinthians 11 and verse 3, But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ.

The head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. So the hierarchy there is we have God, we have Christ, we have the man, we have the woman. And so, you know, these are principles that we need to understand, and then we need to ask ourselves, okay, how do I apply this in my particular circumstances and in the relationships I am in?

So, Will, thank you for pointing out verse 21. and it's connection with Versus 22 and following. Alright, other comments please come down.

ZXN. Kevin, KB7ZXN, go ahead. See you.

7, KB7, ZXN, go ahead. Okay, just one sec here. KB7, ZXN, thank you, Max.

You know, this is really... Paul has spoken about this in Colossians, and Peter even has spoken about this in his text. But this is the...

Oh, wait. My echo device is having a fit about something. Just a second.

I'll come back in a moment. Let me unplug this thing. KB7 is that acceptable?

Yeah, copy that Kevin. Okay, we're going to have Kevin come back in a minute. Anybody else have a comment, please come down to the call line.

Zedickson. Zedickson, you're back with us. Go ahead.

I apologize for that. Anyway, this really speaks to the greatest love story ever told. And it starts in Genesis 2, 24-31.

And really, the entire Song of Solomon... is about that love of marriage, but really the relationship that God has to man. And we see this mystery unfolded through Christ, this great love.

And, you know, as the Lord's local churches, as the Lord's church, we should always keep this text, I think, in mind, because it is the It is about that relationship first and foremost in love and trust and recognition of the great sacrifices of our Savior as the head of the church and that relationship we have with Him. But as His bride, we need to be faithful in the decisions we make as a church should be in that context of this recognition of marriage as a marriage. to step away from our personal marriages and the personal side of this, which oftentimes is the inclination and is worthy of noting.

I think on the corporate level, as a church, to be spirit-filled, to keep our first love where it should be, and in Christ as a body. KB7 is an example. Yeah, well, you know, we just read in Ephesians 5 and verse 1, be imitators of God, dear children.

And so we look at God and we look at how he deals with us and we copy that. And so that carries right over into marriage. We look at Jesus.

Who is He? He's our Lord. He's our Master.

And we, as His disciples, don't have our own will. We do the will of our Master. But this Master is not someone who is there to abuse us.

He has not only laid down His life for us to redeem us, but also He leads us into green pastures and by the still waters and in the paths of righteousness. And he provides a table for us in the presence of our enemies. And so this is what a husband does.

He sacrifices for his wife. He provides leadership for her that would be to her spiritual benefit and blessing. And she has a responsibility here to submit herself to that leadership and to follow the guidance that the husband provides her with.

One of the great problems we have in our day is the whole concept of egalitarianism. You know, where the husband and the wife are considered to be equals in the area of authority and submission. And the Bible is very clear, not only in this passage, but also over in Colossians and also over in 1 Peter chapter 3, that why is it to submit to their husbands?

Whenever you have two people in a relationship, somebody has to lead, somebody has to follow. each of them have their areas of expertise. But, you know, the husband is supposed to take the responsibility for leading the family in the things of God.

And then the wife is supposed to conform to that leadership, follow that leadership. and to assist her husband in that leadership. And so Christianity really stands out as something unique in our day in that it militates against egalitarianism, and it recognizes hierarchy and those who are superior and those who are supportable.

And that's based on these passages. And as much as it goes contrary to the feminist ideal of our day, we need to shape our marriages, and the wife needs to take her role, and the husband needs to take his role. And when they do, when you have strong male leadership, and you have a willing submission and following on the part of the wife, where she shows him submission and reverence, he shows her love and leadership and protection and provision.

Boy, the marriages work really well. But when you've got two people who are constantly vying for authority and leadership, you wind up with a nightmare. And so just imagine us arguing with Christ about what he wants us to do.

And while husbands are not perfect, nevertheless, they've been given a responsibility. And as the wife supports that, encourages him in that, and respects him in that, he tends to step up to the plate, do the right thing, and take that leadership that God has called him to do. So this passage applies today in the area of feminism as much as it ever did.

And that's why Christian homes are distinctive. We stand apart from the world, and we don't have matriarchal leadership. We have male leadership.

Men need to step up to the plate and be the kind of men that women want to follow, and women need to step up to the plate and submit to the men that God has given to them and that they chose to be over them when they married this person. So it's called to a different type of relationship between husband and wife. than the world has.

Alright, I've rattled on here long enough. Any other comments please come now. Is that Xen?

That Xen, go ahead. Yeah, good comments Max. And you know with that, we see here, you know in the first century Greco-Roman world, the husband had absolute authority.

over their wives, over their slaves, over all things connected to them in that fashion. And Paul really is approaching it different. He's not reinforcing that.

He's actually subverting that. He says, love your wives sacrificially. And he's not saying don't lead the household, but you don't lead it with absolute authority and an iron fist.

You love your household. You sacrifice for your household, and you love it as Christ loved the church put aside His own interest, or I should say, you know, what was maybe would have been His will, but for the Father's will. He submitted Himself out of love and sacrificed Himself for His wife and His family.

And that's the difference. It's not about being large and in charge. It's about the love that Christ exhibits to us as individuals and as his church, as the bride, and how we respond to that with love and trust and recognition and submission to his will.

Because after all, his will for us is to bless us. You know, we futilely, so many times, go down wrong paths in life, and assuredly, when we don't have Christ, down wrong paths in life, trying to find peace, satisfaction, and hope, and we're not going to find any of those things in a satisfactory way until we submit ourselves to Christ and his goal, his will is to bless us and not only bless us with peace and joy here in our life here, but eternally in glorious ways. KB7 is that example.

Uh... Yeah, Kevin, well said. And, you know, we tend to focus on the man and his self-sacrifice and his love and, you know, all of those things.

And that's great. But, you know, what I find is that in most marriages... It isn't so much the husband that fails to love as much as it is the wife who fails to submit.

And, you know, we're all on guard against abusive husbands. And well we should be. I'm not minimizing that.

But we also need to be equally on guard against rebellious wives. who are self-willed and who do not want to obey God's Word. And, you know, verse 22 is very clear.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. So in the same way you submit yourself to Christ, that's the way you submit yourself to your husband. And so we're not sitting around here arguing with Jesus about his leadership.

We submit to him with an attitude of reverence, and with a willingness to follow his will. And that same thing needs to happen in a marriage. Now, we all know that there are abusive, destructive husbands.

But we also all know that there are rebellious, churlish wives who are constantly emasculating their husbands by undercutting them with a lack of reverence and a critical spirit. So, you know, there's responsibilities to be carried out on both sides. And so what a wife has to do is say, you know what, putting my husband aside, Jesus wants me to submit and Jesus wants me to respect.

That's what it says there in verse 33. Let the wife see that she reverence or show respect to her husband. So when there is submission and respect, that really draws out from the husband a desire to provide, to protect, to sacrifice, and to lead in the best interest of his wife and children.

So let's preach to the men, let's preach to the women, and let's encourage each party to take their proper role in the marriage relationship so that there can be this echo or this reflection. in this relationship. What does the passage say to me?

And I have found in the 50 years of my marriage that, you know, as I've focused on being loving and self-sacrificing, providing and protecting, my wife has a much easier time being submissive and respectful. And of course, I've As she's submissive and respectful, it makes me want to be more self-sacrificing for her and to protect and provide and lead in a way that is a blessing in her life. So it's a self-reinforcing circle when each party takes their role seriously and works hard at carrying it out.

It's also a self-destructive circle. when the wife shows a lack of reverence and respect and submission, and so the husband feels like he has to rise up and rule, lest he just become a whipped puppy. And so you can work this relationship either negatively in a downward spiral, as each person reacts to the sin of the other person with sin, or it can be a really positive spiral, where each person carries out their role, in the fear of God, and it just helps the other person do their role so much easier.

So instead of looking for what the other person should or shouldn't be doing, ask yourself, what am I supposed to be doing as a wife? What am I supposed to be doing as a husband? And just do that.

and see the other person blossom and respond to that. All right, well, we know there's a lot of sin in marriages, and we know there's a lot of broken marriages, and the reason for that is the violation of the principles that are contained in this passage. All right, other comments, please come now.

Is that X in? Is that X in? Go ahead.

Yeah, just briefly, a woman was once asked, "Well, what do you think of Ephesians 5?" And she responded, I think, very wisely. She said, "I have no problem submitting to a man who would love me as Christ loved the Church. My problem is finding that man." That reveals quite a bit.

for that relationship to be as outlined here. We need to love our wives as Christ loved the church, with sacrifice, with respect, with reverence, with their looking out for them. and their needs and their interests and all the other ways unfolded here in the Word of God.

So keep that in mind as we, you know, look at this. Are we that man? Are we loving our wives?

as Christ loved the church. KB7 is that extent. Yeah, Kevin, great statement.

And I would invert that statement and say in the same way, a man has no problem loving and sacrificing for his wife if he could find one who wasn't a feminist and didn't want to be rebellious and run the home. And so I know a lot of single men who really desperately want to get married. They can't find a woman who wants to submit and show respect.

And so, you know, it's easy to sacrifice for a woman who is respectful and who follows leadership. So that coin has two sides to it, and both are equally true. And in our day and age, we tend to put all the responsibility on the man, and I think we need to put equal responsibility on the woman.

I've got a couple of friends who are in their 40s who would make excellent husbands, never been married, never been divorced, never had sex, who have been faithful men of God, who are constantly looking for a wife but can't find a Proverbs 31 woman, can't find a 1 Peter 3 woman. So it's a serious problem because women are not taking the Bible seriously about their role and men are not taking their responsibility seriously about their role either. And a lot of that has to do with the failure of pastors to properly instruct people, young people, about what their roles are as they look for marriage partners and what a good typical marriage should look like.

So, Kevin, thank you, and I agree with you. I just think we need to invert that and say the same thing about the women. All right, WB7NX here, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.

We're close to being out of time. Anyone else want to bring a comment, please come now. Just quick follow up.

Quick follow up, go ahead. Max, and thank you for that. I agree 100 percent.

And you're right. It's, it's, it's, we, you know, all the roles here, when presented here, we need to fulfill according to God's word. And I would also say to those that are single, this is not any exclusion of those that are single that are not married and or any lack of reverence for them.

And Paul certainly wouldn't have that, as he spoke about before. When you're not married, how much you have that much more opportunity and time to devote yourself to our Lord and Savior. So again, as verse 32 points out, this is really just kind of help us understand our relationship as a church to Christ as his bride.

Ultimately, not necessarily just specifically about our marriage. application of marriage in our lives, although it is, as we've talked about, quite revealing in that regard. So for those that are single, do have hope.

There are men and women out there that love the Lord, that are willing to follow the Lord. KB7, Zedek Sam. Yeah, Kevin, thank you for that.

The net would like to acknowledge Dave, KE7WKI. Good morning, Dave. Good to have you with us.

Appreciate seeing you there on the SDR. Okay, back to Kevin's comment. You know, I think what this all boils down to, Kevin, and everyone else on the net, I know there's a lot of people that are listening.

And that's the issue of selfishness. When men are selfish, marriages are destroyed. And when women are selfish, marriages are destroyed.

And it's selfishness that says, I want to rule. It's selfishness that says, you're here to serve me and to please me, but I really don't care about what's going on in your life. And so selflessness says, I want to please my husband.

I want to show respect to my husband. I want to follow my husband's leadership. And selflessness says, I'm supposed to protect my wife, love my wife, provide for my wife.

lay down my life for her and serve her best spiritual interests. And, you know, one of the things that husbands need to have is a spiritual mindedness as they leave the home. Because we see that Christ loved the church, gave himself for it.

Why? Verse 26, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water by the word. that he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

And so spiritual leadership is saying, I need to lead my wife and my children in such a way that they will be be sanctified and cleansed and drawn near to Christ and built up in Christ. And I need to use the Word of God in the way in which I lead the home so that they better understand the Scriptures and are drawn near to God and they better follow Jesus. And so there's this spiritual dimension to leadership that husbands are supposed to exercise.

It isn't just a matter of passing out orders that indulge the flesh. It's about providing spiritual leadership. But in the same way, a wife has this attitude that I need to listen to my husband, look to my husband, follow my husband in the spiritual leadership he provides.

because that's what he's trying to do is cleanse me with the word, draw me near to Jesus, involve me in a church that would help me grow in grace and in knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So marriage has this huge spiritual dimension. that needs to then inform the behavior of the wife and the husband.

So just like a wife would submit to Jesus, she needs to submit to her husband. And just like Jesus would lay his life down for the church, the husband needs to lay down his life for his wife. And as each one is giving and serving and seeking to bless, the marriage blossoms.

And as each one is selfish and self-centered and concerned about their own agenda and their own authority and power, the marriage is absolutely destroyed. So God is the one who designed marriage. I want us to notice verse 31.

And what Paul does is he goes all the way back to the Genesis narrative. In verse 31 he says, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they too shall be one flesh. And that's a quote of Genesis 2 and verse 24.

So from the beginning, God designed marriage to be one man and one woman. He designed the marriage to have male leadership and female submission. And he designed that each of those parties would pursue their role and responsibility in a selfless fashion so that blessing accrued to them.

the other person. So anyway, what a great passage and what a great antidote to the destructive ideas about marriage that people have in this day and age, which causes them to be unhappy, which causes them to break up, and which causes people to say, why bother? Why not just shack up?

because it's not going to last long anyway. All right, this is WB7MAX. We are out of time, and we need to close in prayer.

Are there any final prayer requests before I close in prayer? Please come now with your prayer request. So we have a WB7MAX.

Roger, go ahead. We're preparing to go to Portland area for this memorial service on Sunday. And so this is...

I've got an antenna problem at N7DIT, so I don't know if I can be out of the air. Trying to repair that while I'm down there. That's the mission.

Thank you for your prayers. Roger, WV7VZ, I'll copy all. Thank you for that.

I'll sure pray about that. Okay, anything else? Any other prayer requests?

No. All right, well, let's go to prayer. Our Father, we thank you so much for this passage.

And Lord, if we're men, help us to take seriously our role and responsibility to echo Christ, His character, His leadership, His wisdom, His love. And if we're women, Father, help us to take seriously our responsibility to echo Christ, as being those who echo the church and her submission, her love, and her respect that she has for her head, Jesus. And may she show those same things to her husband.

Father, we pray today for all the marriages that are represented on this net. Father, we know that some are in great shape. We know that some are struggling.

And Lord, we pray that where there are struggles, there would be repentance and return to Jesus. the biblical teaching about how each party should behave in the relationship so that that relationship can be healed, and so that it can be strengthened, and so that it can be a blessed and joyous relationship. Father, I want to pray today for our brother Mark KJ7PBT who has been traveling to Montana.

I'm not sure when he's going to get home, but we pray for his safe journey back home, and that Mark would be able to join us again on the net. Father, we continue to pray for our brother Dan in 6T&I there in North Highlands that you would heal his neck pain. Father, I just pray that he would regain full mobility in his neck and that he would be able to be without pain.

Lord, just have mercy there. Continue to pray for our sister Sandy, W7SAB, for her continued healing from her hip surgery. And Father, we thank you for giving back strength to be able to, help her get through this, Father, and we just ask that together they would grow in their relationship with you and each other as they work through this recovery from Sandy's surgery.

Father, we just pray today for our brother Jerry, KG6J, Lord, who has health issues and Lord, whatever those health issues are, I pray that you would be pleased to bring healing and freedom from pain and better mobility, Father. And regarding the life issues, Father, I pray that he would each day be able to engage in those disciplines and behaviors. that would strengthen his walk with you and deepen his relationship with you.

Father, cause Christ's life to be a philosophy in his thoughts, in his words, and in his conduct. Father, we pray for our brother, Dr. W6RLJ, who has a dewey health problem.

Lord, be pleased to heal him. And Lord, his heart is in Fiji and the desire to see that dental clinic established there. Father, cause the Fijian government to stop putting roadblocks in front of this missionary effort to not only minister to the physical needs, but also the spiritual needs of the people in Fiji.

Father, I just pray that you would open up that mission field. Lord, we just want to pray today for our brother Mike, W7TWO. Father, thank you for the healing of Mike's temporal arteritis that his last blood test showed there wasn't any.

And Lord, we know he's going to have another blood test here soon. I pray that that would also show negative results. Lord, we just pray for Mike's polio to go back into remission.

Father, he had polio as a boy, and it went into remission, and he was able to function physically all throughout his life, but, Lord, it's starting to come back and clobber him now. And, Lord, I just pray that you would just put that polio back in remission. and that he would not have that pain in his leg and his back that he has currently.

We pray for his grandson, Jesus, Lord, that you would bring him out of darkness and into light, that you would deliver him from the power of Satan. May he find redemption and salvation through faith in Jesus. Father, we just pray for our brother Jeff, 86, okay?

And his name is Haley. Father, Haley needs to be saved. Haley has difficult things in her path.

That's a process. Father, may she follow your word and understand your perspective on those things and embrace them herself. Lord, thank you that she has made some progress and pray for her continued progress, and especially for her salvation.

Lord, give Jeff wisdom as he ministers to Haley. Father, we thank you that Autumn has found a new place to live, but we continue to pray for her mental stability, for the development of her social skills, for her deliverance from false theological beliefs, and for her salvation. Father, I pray that if she is now not under the direct supervision of Roger and Darlene.

Lord, I pray that she would see herself as under the supervision of Jesus Christ and that her goal would be to please him. May she read the Bible. And Father, may she come to saving faith.

Protect her, Father, from falling back into the destructive... chemical dependencies that she had in the past. And Father, make she blossom and flourish as a woman and ultimately as a woman of God.

Father, we pray for Carol KK7TPO, her son-in-law Chris, KL5ST. Thank you, Father, that Chris is got through his heart procedure, is doing well regarding that, and now he's slated for extensive back surgery in June or July. Lord, we pray that that back surgery would be successful, that he would be free from pain, have full mobility, and full strength in his back.

Father, we pray for Alex Carol's seven-year-old great-granddaughter. Thank you, Father, that your hand of protection is around her. Lord, just protect her from ungodly influences.

Bring her a saving faith in Jesus. And, Father, may she have an improved child custody arrangement. for her in the future.

Father, we just want to thank you for Janine and for her healing from her shingles. Father, we're so grateful for that answer to prayer. We just want to return to you glory for that.

Father, we just want to continue to pray for Luca. Al KJ7QQ8, his neighbor, who has total loss of hearing in one ear and partial loss in another. Father, I pray that he would be able to regain his hearing.

And Lord, that mass in his brain, the sneer, his optic nerve, give doctors wisdom in knowing what to do with that and how to remove that without doing any damage and with bringing... restore brain function to Luca. Father, we just rejoiced in the report from Brian KJ7PWM about Zoe, and that she is reading her Bible.

And Lord, we're just really grateful. She asked Brian where she should read, and he gave her a How to Read the Bible by Tim LaHaye, where she would have some priorities and some directions. Father, as she reads, Lord, I pray that you would cause her to be born again, and not of corruptibility, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.

Father, I pray that of your own will, you would begin her through the word of truth, as it says in James 1, 17. Father, I also pray that her pregnancy would continue to go well, that when the baby is due in June, that she would be well and healthy, and she would be also. And Lord, we just pray that she and her live-in boyfriend, who is Brian's son, would get married.

and Father, that they would form a biblical home in which each of them are saved and each of them are raising this child in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Father, we thank you for Brian's past relationship with Chris. And Lord, we just pray that he would be able to talk to Chris in the future and that Chris would come to Saving Faith in Jesus.

Lord, open a door of communication there. Father, we just pray that Bailey and Joey would continue to do well in their construction business. And Lord, I just ask that they would have wisdom in knowing how to put in place procedures and would bring greater profitability to their operation.

Lord, we pray for our dear brother Roger, WB7BZL. Father, he's going to Portland for a memorial service on Sunday. And, Lord, I just pray that that would go really well if Roger could be speaking there or playing an instrument, give him wisdom, words, and skill.

And, Lord, I pray that he would be able to get N7DIT's antenna fixed and squared away. so that it functions well. Lord, we just thank you for this medium of radio that we can use to fellowship with each other each day.

Father, give us wisdom and skill in operating our radios so that we can communicate clearly and well with each other. and even around the world, as you see fit to propagate those waves and bring blessing who knows where and who knows to whom. Lord, we just thank you for your goodness to us.

Thank you for your mercy to us. Thank you for your grace to each one of us. And most of all, Father, thank you for the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ, in whom we trust.

for the forgiveness of our sins and for our reconciliation with you. Father, we pray all of these things in his name. Amen.

This is the WB7MX, Neck Control for the West Coast Bible Study. I want to thank all the stations who checked in today, as well as those who stood by to give us a clear operating frequency. We meet here seven days a week at 6 a.m.

in order to read the scriptures, understand their meeting message and application, and then to pray for grace and mercy. to live out what we learn, and for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning in frequency now to regular amateur use.

This is WB7MX. I'll be clear and standing by. 5 Yankee with today's show.

5 Yankee, go ahead, Beck. Why did the orange stop halfway up the hill? Why did the orange stop halfway up the hill?

Uh, wow. I don't have a clue on that one. Anybody else want to give that a shot?

Alright, backboard on pins and needles. Go ahead. It ran out of juice.

It ran out of juice. That's good. Alright, well, nothing I like better than orange juice, that's for sure.

Alright, back real good. OK, WB7MAX here is standing by. Anybody want to chat, I'm here.

Foxtrot. KM5F Foxtrot. KM5F, go ahead.

Yeah, I'm going to be off the air over the weekend. I hopefully am going to be able to visit with TMBKAs, Kevin Zeneclan and Dave WKI. KM5F, clear.

Alright, we'll miss you, but hopefully you'll have some good fellowship there, Will, and we will see you probably on Monday then. So, Will, thanks for being here. Always appreciate your contributions and appreciate the fellowship.

Alright, Will, KM5F, thank you for that. Alright, anyone else want to chat? WB7MA extending by.

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