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Good morning, Peter. See you there on the Utah SDR. Good to have you with us, brother.

And Peter says good morning to everyone. All right, so we've got Peter, KJ7BA, checked in off the Utah SDR. All right, any other check-ins, please come now.

5th and that would like to acknowledge Philip, K6HSV. Good morning, Philip. See you there on the Half Moon Bay SDR.

Appreciate you being there. And yeah, Peter's there also. I see Will, Kilomike 5 Foxtrot.

Will, good morning. How are you doing? KM5S, do contact Frog and Nitro, at least as able to sing "Base".

No other prayer requests. KM5S. Alright, real good.

Thank you, Will. Appreciate that. Al, KJ7QQH, we need to continue to pray for Will, the Keelan Lake 5 Foxtrot.

And he has a cold of some kind in his throat, sinus, ears, you know, all that good stuff. So let's pray for Will KM5F that God would heal his head of that sinus infection. Copy, Al?

Good copy and also a point of clarification on the existing notes here on the request list. Was there a prey? Could you report on that biopsy report that we were giving prey for?

Yeah, so I think he's going to hear about that biopsy on June 1st. So it's going to be a few more days before we hear anything about that. Will, QM5FoxFox biopsy, over.

Copy, still pending. Yeah, still pending. So we're just praying for a negative result on that biopsy that Will had with reference to his TSA.

Copy, thank you. Thank you, Al. Appreciate that.

Alright, I see Keith K7NEB there on the Utah SDR. Keith K7NEB, you want to key up or are you just a listener today, over? I think Will had a follow up.

Will, you had a follow up, please go ahead. Right. This is WB7MAX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.

I want to thank all the stations who have checked in this morning. We get started right at about 6 o'clock. So our passage today that we're going to be looking at is Colossians chapter 4, verses 1 through 6.

That's Colossians 4, 1 through 6. Good section there. We have some continuation of the ideas in chapter 3.

which we'll be looking at. But in any event, before we get started with our Bible study, we want to open our time together in prayer. And so, Ed, in 6XOH, if you could open in prayer for us this morning, I'd appreciate that.

Go ahead, Ed. All right. Let us all bow our heads.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you this morning. We ask that you bless our Bible study. And bless each person that's sitting around the round table here that's listening in.

Ones that are participating in the Lord. Just ask that you bless each one of us. And Lord, I just ask a blessing too on all the people that serve in our men and women in uniform.

I just ask, Lord, this special day that you watch over each one of them. Just a special blessing to you, Lord, for the ones that fail to make it home. Lord, I just ask you to be with Pastor Mack.

He leads out. and I just praise your name for an eye being healed, Lord. I know you've watched over him there and you've healed that eye that he's had operated on and it's a blessing to be able to see from the world.

You may, Lord, reassess it. You watch over us all. Most of all, Lord, please help us all to be ready when you come to take us home.

We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. N6XOH.

Amen, Ed. N6XOH, thank you so much for that prayer. May God be pleased to grant each of those requests.

And yeah, today is going to be a special day of both joy and sadness. As our nation observes Memorial Day, going to be lots of good memories, lots of sad memories of those who have been lost. So, yeah, let's remember our armed services people and those that were lost in the war, the various wars, and those who were injured, who are still struggling with the the cost of those disabilities, as well as family members.

And let's continue to pray for the protection of our troops as well. So I know Al is going to be praying about that again at the close, and I just want to appreciate all those who serve in our armed services. All right, this is WB7MX, Net Control for the West Coast Bible Study.

We are looking today at the book of Colossians. We're just about ready to wind this book up. We're in chapter 4, the last chapter.

And basically what's being said here is that we need to continue to practice the basic disciplines of the Christian life. We need to pray without ceasing. We need to walk in wisdom.

We need to speak with grace. And so Paul is wrapping up this section of practical application and giving his final exhortations to the Colossian church as he writes to them. And, of course, these things are written to us as well.

And so these are things we need to take to heart, and we need to seek to try to live out with our lives. All right, I'm going to ask Jerry, AE70R, Jerry, if you would read for us, please. Jerry, I need you to read Colossians 4, verses 1 through 6.

That's Colossians 4, verses 1 through 6. Jerry, AE70R, go ahead. Pastor, thank you for your justice and fairness, knowing that you too...

Have a Master in Heaven. Devote yourself to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. Pray at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door to the Word, so that we may seek forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned.

that I may make it clear in a way I ought to speak. Conduct yourselves with wisdom, outside of making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seeing the results so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

So I see a map that you've done there. Jerry, good reading. Thank you so much for that.

All right, any comments on this section that Jerry read to us? Clause is 4, 1 through 6. Please come now to the call sign.

we think about how we relate to those who are not Christians. There are those that are within the kingdom of God, and there are those who are outside the kingdom of God. There's only two categories of people in this world.

Those who are trusting in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, and thus are in the kingdom of God, and those who have not yet done that, who are still in their sins and outside the kingdom of God. So what is our attitude towards those who are not yet Christians? Well, we're to conduct ourselves wisely in relationship to them.

And I think that means a couple of things. It means, first of all, we don't allow ourselves to be entangled in their worldly ways and in their sinful practices and speech and thinking. So we have to have the wisdom of separation.

And then secondly, we have to have the wisdom of involvement because we want to see these folks get saved, right? And so we want to bear witness to the gospel to them. We want to show them love.

We want to do good works towards them. And that's how we... bear witness to them and show them the beauty and the blessedness of a saving relationship with Jesus and invite them into that.

So the time that we need to redeem or the wisdom with which we need to exercise our involvement with them I think involves at least those two perspectives. Not entangled in their sin and reaching out to them with the gospel. Roger, great comment.

Any follow-up there, Roger? Go ahead. Well, it sure requires a sober mind and it requires a spiritual strategy for sure.

I know I called, I think I told you when we had dinner with Autumn Friday. I referred to her as a special person. Well, the special has all sorts of ramifications for her mental health issues and also either the background.

where she's coming from and so it was nice of her to say, you know, that word has as a ramification so the strategies of the way we talk to each other has to be really really under the guidance of the Holy Spirit so fortunately we knew each other well enough that we laughed about it but but all the people's backgrounds there was a the cellist that was a featured cellist with my sister on a cello duet yesterday. And I'd never met this Jonathan. I heard from her that he was a son of her later life.

I, he was adorned and tattooed in such a way with some just a dormant issue that he certainly has not been in the center of conservative spiritual walk but it was really neat to see how he related to the guitar to himself who's kind of on the side and how they connected so I was pleased about that yesterday but you know it never ends there's all sorts of incredible opportunities out there in mixing with people for this passage to be applicable. WB7V at Elm. Yeah, Roger, really well said.

Yeah, we have endless contact with a variety of different people constantly throughout our lives. I suppose if you were to add up all the people we've ever met in our lifetime, It would be tens of thousands, maybe 100,000 people we've had contact with in one way or the other throughout our lives. And yeah, each of those are an opportunity.

They're an opportunity to bear witness for Christ, they're an opportunity to do good to them and for them as a witness to the gospel, and an opportunity for us to exercise wisdom and faith. in not being entangled in things that they would want to lead us into. So, yeah, that's a good balance there.

Ned would like to recognize November Golf. Ing, I think it is, NG. I'll see you there on the Half Moon Bay SDR.

Appreciate you being there here on the West Coast Bible Study. Thanks for listening in. All right, the WB7MAX here looking for comments.

Oh, there's Jeff, AK6OK. Good morning, Jeff. I see you there on Utah SDR.

Good to have you with us. Jeff, we're praying about the memorial service today for your Uncle Skip. Jeff, are you there?

Can you key up, or are you just a listener today? No, I'm here, and Skip's memorial was a while back. You can take that off the list.

He's already with the Lord, and everything is good. I do have a comment about this passage. Yeah, go ahead, Jeff.

Yeah, thank you. You know, here in my office, we have a 5,000-foot warehouse here full of really fun stuff and stuff that God has dropped in our lap. And people love to come here during the day.

Sometimes I have as many as 10 visitors here, people that come and sit on the couch just to get a breath of fresh air. This has been going on for about 10 years. And we have talked time to time about closing this warehouse, but my wife says, I don't care what it costs, we're going to keep this open just for the ministry that gets done here.

And part of what God has given me is the ability to stop what I'm doing. I don't have a job here which is so stringent and so time required that I have to work eight straight hours a day. So when people walk in here, I sit out on the couch with them.

I got my big chair, got a big old couch. and we just talk about what's going on in life. We have a trucker here that parks out in front of our warehouse every Thursday.

He's from Oregon, and he delivers doors. That's his job, big old 53-foot semi. One day I walked out there and I said, "Do you want a cup of coffee?" And he said, "Well, absolutely." And he came in and we talked for 30 minutes, and he's been doing that for a couple of years now.

And I just expect my buddy Mike with his truck to show up around this time, actually. And we just sit and talk, and he tells me about his trip and all the stuff. What a joy that we get to do here.

I think that's one thing that this is talking about. Take the time aside to sit down with whatever opportunity walks through your front door and be sweet to them, whoever that is. Just show them who the Lord is by how you handle yourself.

And a lot of them are not believers that come here. It's pretty interesting. I've had guys come in here that can't say a sentence without swearing.

And I don't respect that, but I put up with it. It happens. And in gatherings of any type, we have sometimes four or five guys.

Somebody will say a square word, and the other three or four will say, wait a second, you're at Jeff's place. Oh, okay, that's right. Anyway, kind of a sideways way to say, hey, wait a second, over, Max.

Yeah, real good, Jeff. Thanks for that. Yeah, sorry, I'd written a note to myself that somehow there was a memorial service today for Skip.

But, yep, glad to know that that was achieved. Great comment. Yeah, every person we run into, Jeff, is an eternal soul.

and they're either going to spend eternity in heaven or in hell, and they need to hear the gospel. And so you have to take time to show them love, you have to take time to tell them about the Lord, and oftentimes that's just something as simple as offering somebody, as you said, a cup of coffee. Taking the initiative.

You know, we don't wait for people to come to us. We take the initiative and go out to them. YOU KNOW, HI, YOU KNOW, I'M JEFF, I'M MAX, WHOEVER.

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? YOU KNOW, CAN I GET YOU A CUP OF COFFEE? OR IS THERE SOMETHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?

OR HOW IS YOUR DAY GOING? AND JUST OPEN A CONVERSATION, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER THE CONVERSATION OPENS, YOU CAN ALWAYS STEER IT TOWARDS THE THINGS OF THE LORD, AND THAT'S HOW WE REDEEM THE TIME. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I'M TALKING TO SOMEBODY, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I'M THINKING, OKAY, IS THERE AN OPENING FOR THE GOSPEL HERE?

HOW CAN I TURN THE CONVERSATION? How can I redeem this conversation for the Lord and for the eternal welfare of this individual? So, Jeff, thank the Lord for that warehouse.

There's a lighthouse there in Rockland. And I really appreciate you sharing what you do in that warehouse and how you reach out to folks through it. All right, WB7MX here looking for comments on our passage in Colossians 4, 1-6.

Please come down to the call sign. Mike, W7TWO, go ahead. The so Thank you.

Yeah, my good comment. It's so important to be able to put ourselves in other people's shoes, understand their situation from their perspective, and be able to empathize with the situation that they are in. begin to share the gospel with them and bridge that chasm.

You know, it's kind of like the Grand Canyon. You know, you kind of have to go over to their side of the rim in order to reach them. All right, Mike, W7TWO, thank you.

Good comment. All right, any other comments? Please come now.

And we talked about servants obeying all things your masters according to the flesh. And then what we didn't talk about is the masters. And that's in chapter 4 and verse 1.

Masters, give to your servant that which is just and equal, knowing that you have a master in heaven. So it's funny for us to put a chapter break, by the way. But nevertheless, those who did it did that.

But verse 1 really belongs with the discussion that's going back up in chapter 3. And so we related this yesterday to the employee-employer relationship. And that as an employee, as you do your work, you do it as unto the Lord, you do it as a ministry to and for the Lord, and you receive reward from the Lord for the work you do.

And so we serve our employer the same way we'd serve the Lord Jesus if he were our employer. Well... Now the shoe's on the other foot.

He's talking about employers here in chapter 4 and verse 1. And he's saying deal with them in a way that is just and fair, knowing that you have a master in heaven. So the employee needs to work hard.

as though he's working for Jesus, and the master needs to treat his employees the way Jesus would treat them. And so neither servant nor master, neither employee nor employer is a law unto themselves. Each of them are under the authority of Jesus And each of them need to behave in their respective roles as Jesus would have them behave, knowing that as I supervise people as an employer, I am doing this on the behalf of and in submission to and according to the will of Jesus Christ.

And so the question is, what would Jesus have me treat my employees like? That's how I'll treat them. What would Jesus have me treat my employer like?

That's how I will treat and serve him. So I think it's just important for us to connect chapter 4 and verse 1. back with chapter 3 in verses 22 to 25.

All right, other comments, please come down. WV-7VZO. Roger, please go ahead.

That phrase is in verse 3, the mystery of Christ. I was looking at various other references here on the side margin, but the ones, that's not mentioned in the side margin I'm kind of surprised they mentioned a couple of Ephesians but the Colossians 1:27 the make knowing the mystery of this glorious mystery the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory And that opens that whole dimension of Christ, of course, praying for us, giving the Holy Spirit to us to dwell in us, which we can basically say that that is the glory. that he offers us as we are receptive to it.

And so I guess that's how I would kind of enlarge that phrase in verse 3. Over. Yeah, well said there, Roger.

And you know, when the Bible talks about a mystery, it's not talking about something that's spooky. It's just talking about something that cannot be understood apart from divine revelation. And so, you know, the Bible talks about, of course, the mystery of God incorporating the Gentiles as Gentiles into the kingdom of God that previously you had to become a Jew in order to become part of the kingdom of God.

And now Gentiles are accepted on the basis of repentance and faith plus nothing. And that was a mystery before. And then of course there's the mystery of Christ himself, that he's the God-man.

How can he have two natures in one person? How can God be incarnated into human flesh? That's a mystery.

And then of course the mystery of how could God love us? And the fact that the Gospel is freely offered to those who are completely unworthy of it, and God saves us on the basis of mercy and grace. freely by grace we're saved through faith that's not of ourselves it's not of works that any man should boast most people think well you know I need to earn my salvation I need to do something to make God pleased with me it's what Jesus has done that makes God pleased with us and we put our trust in his work there's a mystery involved in that So, you know, it's not things that are irrational so much as it is things that are incomprehensible.

Christianity is always rational. It's never irrational. But it is supra-rational.

The word "super" means above and beyond our ability to comprehend. So, you know, a lot of times people are going to say to us, "Well, how does this work? How does that work?" And I don't know.

God just declared that it does, and so we trust Him that He's telling us the truth. And I can't explain all of the mysteries of Christianity, but I can declare the facts. and I can speak to what God does reveal and what we are able to understand.

So, yeah, as we preach the gospel, we realize that there are things here that are bigger than our ability to comprehend, and that's okay. We would expect that if God is God, there would be a lot about him, that we as finite, sinful, fallen creatures wouldn't be able to wrap our brains around and wouldn't be able to fully understand. And we can trust even when we don't understand because God is someone who is worthy to be trusted.

And as time goes on, we understand more and more, but all eternity will not fully reveal all of the mysteries of God and his love for us and the saving work of Jesus. Thank you, Roger, for that comment. Appreciate that.

All right, other comments, please come out. WB7, is it L? Roger, go ahead.

Roger, go ahead. Yeah, that was an incredible response. I praise the Lord for what you have just shared.

And I love that. To the Jews... plus nothing at least that contemporary type of Jewish mind that possibly had not been a getter do to the grand new covenant experience expressed through God's outreach to Abraham and in the faith level that he expressed and to have that actually expressed concretely, so to speak, by Paul is a mystery to the current understanding that there had to be something.

It couldn't be just plus nothing. And your additional emphasis was very blessed. by the way I would say the Spirit of God thank you Matt Howard all right you bet Roger and appreciate your comments as well all right so the net would like to acknowledge Dave ke7 wki Dave thank you for joining us there on the Utah SDR appreciate that also I got a text message comment from Wilkie like five box trot and will says this Paul mentions praying several times in this section, and therefore we need to pray with people, not just talk to them.

We'll thank you for pointing that out by way of text message to us. Notice, if you will, verse 2 of Colossians 4. It says, And watch in the same with thanksgiving.

Verse 3, With all praying for us also. that God would open to us the door of adorance. And so twice he mentioned the importance of prayer in redeeming the time.

And, you know, a lot of people tend to think of prayer as something you do after you've already done all you can do. We need to pray before we do anything. And then we need to pray as we're doing whatever it is we're doing, sharing the gospel, whatever, shooting up little silent arrow prayers to God as we're talking to people.

And, Lord, you know, open this man's heart or this woman's heart or this child's heart. Lord, open a door of witness here. Turn the conversation.

And then, of course, after we're done, Then we pray, "Lord, cause what I said to that person to work in their heart and mind." So prayer should saturate all that we do before we do it, as we're doing it, after we've done it. And then pray with people. you know just saying to somebody uh is there anything i can pray for you about most of the time people appreciate that and if they don't well then you know what to pray for about them with reference to that too so you know jeff was mentioning earlier at the warehouse there jeff ak6ok about going up to a trucker and saying hey you know can i get you a cup of coffee you want to come in the warehouse here uh well you know if if you're with somebody and um And you know, you can see they're struggling, say, you know, can I pray for you?

And you know, a lot of times they'll say yes, and if they do, then just pray for them right there on the spot out loud. People appreciate that, and it turns their hearts to God, and God will use that in bringing them to salvation, or if they're saved, bringing comfort into their life. Will, keep it like 5 Foxtrot.

Thank you for pointing out those verses. Alright, other comments, please Camille. Roger, please go ahead.

Roger, go ahead. I listened. Was there anybody else?

I don't want to dominate over it. Yeah, you are not walking on anybody as far as I can tell, so Roger, please go ahead. Okay, so you and I will talk and we trust that this will be productive.

Probably one of the most significant questions that we have to ask is, that I ever asked was when we were visiting the president of the large church in western Kenya there are just thousands and thousands of members in this church that we were visiting. And he just seemed like he was overburdened as we were visiting him as guests of a prominent layperson. and who wanted us to meet the administrator.

And so I asked, just before we were kind of winding up the visit, how can we pray for you? And that question was an incredible question because he revealed the burden of the death sentence and the burden of the responsibility he felt by apparently the Spirit of God well before we asked that question. But when he revealed that, that was the first time we even knew about this.

And it went from there to the next. And I think that's what we're going to Candy sharing about May, you know, to May and with her gifts here stateside. I mean, it's just what God has done to that question, as you have indicated in our discussion.

How can I pray for you? It's a very... It's a very pleasant way of asking, so to speak.

Yeah, Roger, well said. And yeah, Kandy and Mae have been intensely involved in the death ministry in Kenya for years, all as a result of you asking that pastor, "How can I pray for you?" And so you never know what doors that's going to open. And, you know, in verse 3, in the King James, it says, We're all praying for us that God would open unto us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ.

And here's an example of how God opened a door to speak the mystery of Christ. to those who are deaf through the use of sign language. And great testimony there, Roger.

Appreciate that and how that worked in real life when you just asked somebody, can I pray for you? Well, you know, one of the things I want to point out here before we run out of time is that Paul says, he prays there in verse 3, that God would open to us the door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ. And then he says this, for which I am also in bonds.

And so here's a guy who's serving the Lord, doing the right thing, praying for people, witnessing to people, serving the Lord. And where does he wind up? He winds up in jail persecuted.

And so, you know, when you do the work of the Lord, it isn't going to be easy and it's not going to be smooth sailing. There's going to be opposition. There's going to be persecution.

And at times people aren't saying, you know, Lord, I'm serving you and you're letting all these negative things happen to me. Those negative things that are happening to you are a sign that you're making a difference. It's a sign that you are...

actually impacting the kingdom of darkness building the kingdom of light and that's why Satan comes after you with his people and so the fact that Paul was in bond was not a sign that somehow he was doing something wrong it was a sign that he was exactly doing something right and so when you're persecuted for righteousness sake when you're persecuted for sharing the gospel when you're persecuted for praying recognize that that persecution is a badge of honor and it's a sign that you're actually making a difference and Satan is now paying attention to you because you're making a difference. And as a result, those assaults come. It's a badge of honor.

And don't misinterpret them as somehow God being upset with you. That's all part of the spiritual warfare that we go through. All right, any other comments?

Please come now. That was about 6 seconds WB7VZL. Yeah, Roger, please go ahead.

We appreciate your comments. Carry on. Okay, I want to share something that has been passed on to me.

that has just given me a tremendous ability to lean in on anyone. It was passed on to me by an evangelist. And it's kind of like a key to carry on a discussion as we're talking about today.

And the first one, in other words, a smoother way to say, you know, how can I pray for you? the best way if you're unsure of their status in the Lord which I was not unsure regarding this overburdened administrator that I sensed okay but the the If you're really unsure... May I ask you a question?

Not "Can I ask you a question?" But the key is, "May I ask you a question?" That is a tremendous, powerful opener. So then they're giving you permission or not giving you permission to move and lean in. If they say yes, then the follow-up guided by the Holy Spirit is...

It is tremendously powerful. And when they open their hearts, so to speak. So, maybe.

... know for sure about his spiritual life. May I ask you a question?

And then you could say, "How can I pray for you?" For Jonathan, I wouldn't have asked that immediately. I would have used the key question, "May I ask you a question?" And then listen to his response. Roger, I think that's a wonderful approach.

Thank you for giving us that suggestion and that guidance. And I think that showing respect to those to whom we're speaking, not coming across but showing respect to them and their desire and autonomy. I mean, Roger, I've had situations where I've been sharing the gospel with someone and he said, "Look, I really don't want "to talk about this anymore." And I said, "Okay, no worries." you They're not going to be able to hear anything anymore.

The way we come across is really important. So we come across with respect, we come across with humility. This person doesn't feel like they're being badgered or coerced into a direction that they don't want to go in.

Because what we're looking for is we're looking for people in whose heart the Lord is working, that he's opened a door of utterance into their heart, okay? And if the door is slammed shut, you know, there's no point in pushing. If they're open to the gospel, that will become apparent in our discussion.

So we knock on the door, knock, knock, knock. And one of the best ways to do that is, may I ask you a question? I love that, Roger.

Great advice. Thank you for offering that. All right, we are out of time.

I just want to comment briefly on verse 6. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how you ought to answer every man. Now, all of us put salt on our food, right?

You got a hamburger? You sprinkle a little salt on it. Now, if you use too much salt, it tastes awful.

And if you don't use any salt, it tastes awful. And so what we want to do is sprinkle our conversation. with references to God, with references to a Bible passage, with references to praising the Lord, and just see how God uses that.

Not every word we say is going to be about Christianity, but as we see the people going through life, sprinkle those conversations together, with allusions and references to the scriptures or to the Bible or to the Lord. And so the people know, okay, this person's a Christian because from time to time he brings that subject up. And so like something, I'll be working with somebody on a project, and something will go right.

So thank the Lord that went well. And then I'll just move on. And that's just a piece of salt that you're throwing out there.

Or as Roger said, can I ask you a question? Can I pray for you? That's a piece of salt.

So let's sprinkle our conversation with the Word of God, with praise to God, with thanks to God, with some reference to what God did for us, with perhaps a Bible verse. After the surgery, we also looked up the immune rate for our son John, his cancer treatment. After we ate, I gave praise for the good and the doctor's report showed improvement.

Also, we looked up our neighbor's son's movement. I was getting praise for his long period. And then, we started waiting.

for treatment options and we ask that you be an effective treatment option that would be approved by his insurance. For Eric, he has his company hiring him as supervisor soon and we pray that the selection process will go smoothly and his replacement will be competent and easy for Eric to work with. We also looked up will QMI 5 box He recently had an elevated CFA test for brain and heart care, biopsy report on June 1st, and for wisdom in treatment options.

For the health issue, he's got his voice to be a bit rusted today. we ask that that would be cleared up his wife Mark today is going to be putting on a vacation Bible school the first week of June we pray for the teachers we pray for the teachers and the kids who will be attending and also the salvation of the kids and their parents for my K-I-7-R-S-E we pray for his safe travels And for Phil, that's K7HSD, his wife Fred, who died of cancer, who prays that he'll have an easy passing into the arms of Jesus. For Brian, K7CIP, healing from his sinus infection.

His friend Jay, healing from his cancer as well. For Jerry, KG6J, who has unspoken requests for health and life issues. We pray for an accurate diagnosis of this vaccine.

He needs an MRI for his back and we pray for an effective treatment plan. We lift up Doc W6RLJ. We pray for his serious health problems.

He's getting sick for doctors at Stanford to figure out what the problem is. We also pray for the establishment of youth dental clinic on the island of Fiji. For the Rick Volkater, Pastor Mack's friend.

A Christian with malignant melanoma would give praise that after a full body scan is declared at this time to be cancer free. He will be monitored for the next five years. If he'll return to cancer, he'll be declared healed.

He still hates to step on your business. Pray for a buyer to come and for it to dip. For Gerald, KK7GPO, we still pray for friend Judy, a Christian who has stage 2 lung cancer.

We pray for her healing, Also, Amy, Christian, who has recent breast cancer surgery, pray for recovery. She's currently receiving radiation treatment. For George, K2, KJS, for the healing of his wife, who is suffering.

swollen thyroid gland and also we pray for the housing of their son for teeth k7 and he needs to pray for restoration of the friend in the marriage of the friend's marriage of 40 years to the message of Jesus Christ. Now, Lord, after blessing on all Memorial Day services today, and help us to remember that today is not just about a long weekend of camping, picnic, barbecue, but also about those who do both active and mass sacrifices and give us the freedoms that we enjoy. Most of all, we remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who gave up everything so that we may be forgiven of our sins and that we may have eternal life with people.

The Lord thank you for your goodness, your mercy, and your grace to each one of us. for the gift of your son Jesus Christ. For whom we pray all these things.

Amen. This is KJ7QQH returning back to you after an active 10-year-old. Al, KJ7QQH, thank you so much for that prayer.

Really appreciate you leading us to the throne of grace. This is Max, WB7MX, neck control for the West Coast Bible Study. I want to thank each station who checked in this morning, especially John, WB7, WQK, from Mount Vernon, Washington.

John, thank you for checking in with us today. Also, I want to thank all the stations 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 meaning message and application. and then to pray for grace and mercy to be able to live out what we learn and for God to meet the needs that we have in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur use.

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Please come down with your call order. WB7EZL. Roger, go ahead.

I again was reminded by the prayer. Thank you, Al. Thank you so much for how important prayer is to Will right now.

And thank you for Al's, Al, thank you for lifting up Will in this situation. There seems to be, it's almost like moving from a regular conversation to a spiritual conversation when you use the word may. And what I love about that question is no matter how stressful it is, or how apprehensive you might be in or moving a conversation from the casual earthly thing of a conversation you can under prayer use that question and it's like a golden key to immediately move into the inner linings of the unyet of a person's life.

It's just so powerful that as an entryway into a heart that it takes a level of humility to not abuse it. So that follow-up question, of course, is so significant. Anyway, Max...

the significance of may I for some reason it's so outstanding it's so unique and that it uh I I'm really convinced over my ministry I heard that about 40 years ago and it has been such a comfort to me when I know I don't want to venture into a topic So the Lord just says use that question to get their permission before we move in. Over. Roger, thank you for teaching us that.

I'm so grateful. You know, the word "can" is a word of ability. Can I ask you a question?

Yes. Can I ask you a question? Yes.

Can I ask you a question? Yes. Can I ask you a question?

The word "may" is a word of permission. Will you give me permission? And so "can" is a reference to myself.

"May" is a reference to the other person. And that phrase, "may I ask you a question," is putting yourself in a position of humility and subordination to the person that you're talking to. It's putting them in a position of sovereignty and control.

And then, you know, that's the very least threatening thing you can do. It's the most respectful thing you can do. It puts them in a position of control and authority over you.

And when people are put in that position, they tend to soften, and they tend to want to bring blessing to the one who is putting themselves beneath them. And so, Roger, I couldn't agree more, and I will personally use that a lot more. than I ever have in the past because you are so right.

It is very powerful in creating a connection, creating a superior-inferior relationship where you put the other person in control and your person, yourself, at their feet. And it triggers in them a desire to be benevolent and to grant. that request because now they have the power you've given them the power and the authority to grant or deny and so thank you Roger for pointing that out I you know it struck me today in a way that it never has before And I think all of us could benefit in our ministries by using that phrase then to open the door for spiritual conversation.

Appreciate you, Roger. Thank you for bringing that up. WB7 MX, back to you, Roger.

Amen. I heard an amen. And what I like about your gift, having been a book writer, your gifts of language far exceed mine, and you unpacked the difference.

my mind with synonyms that really enriched my experience too. So, you've plumped the depths using the tools of language more than I have, but I can tell you in real life that it's so powerful that I can't even imagine how powerful it is. It's...like I say, you ask God for humility to even ask that question, and then of course the follow-up question, whatever it may be.

But what I really was blessed with this morning was Max's...excuse me... with Jeff's warehouse couch. Jeff's warehouse couch.

and all the conversations that have been blessed by the Holy Spirit. And that, yeah, his wife's statement, no, we've got to keep that going. Over.

Yeah, you bet. And that's the thing is that, you know, we do evangelism, We don't do cost-benefit analysis. Well, you know, this costs this much money, and these are the results.

No. If there's a way to meet a need, if it costs money, so be it. If there's a way to share the gospel, if it costs money, so be it.

Because what's money for? It's to serve the cause and the kingdom and to serve the Lord and to see people be brought to Christ. That's the best expenditure of money we can possibly have.

And it isn't about efficiency and productivity. It's about opportunity and open doors. And you know, if just one person gets saved, that has an infinite eternal value that supersedes all the wealth of this world.

Because Jesus himself said, What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? What shall it profit us if we gain the whole world and fail to minister to someone else's soul? That soul is eternal.

It has infinite worth. and infinite existence. And so, yeah, no amount of money is too much to spend to see someone brought to saving faith in Christ.

Roger, I got a text from Will, Kiloike 5 Foxtrot, and he says to me, and he wanted me to say to you, "Thank you, Roger, for the evangelism lesson on how to ask the May question. A powerful study today. So, Will's comment to you, Roger, is he appreciates you teaching him also about that powerful question.

May I ask you a question? Back over to you, Roger, WB70ZL, WB70N. Yes, Will.

Thank you for that relay and thank you for that response, Will. And yes, we're lifting up you and your situation right now. Oh, my.

But, yeah, that came from an evangelist by the name of Kenneth Cox. Kenneth Cox. And it has been a golden key in relating to people, especially when you yourself are kind of...

like I say, anxious to not... How do I move into the lower levels of the onion and of a relational challenge? Or even, for the sake of Jesus, even like I said, you know, even to how can I pray for you.

But the first question is, may I ask you a question? And then you can just say, how can I pray for you? That's about as smooth an entry as you can make it.

Over. Yeah, copy that, Roger. I want to change subjects for a second here.

and ask you about your dad's memorial service yesterday. Albert Handel preached, the family members gathered. Tell us some more about how that went, over.

Yes, and I just, yeah, I really appreciated the prayer coverage. What I learned is No matter how experienced as a pastor that when it comes to your own family, you really sense the burden of saying goodbye, and I need to be conscious of that. for anyone going through what I went through, the level of need for strength and for prayer.

But yeah, it really was blessed. The music We highlighted a variety of music, hymns. Believe it or not, my grand kid is a whiz on the piano.

And for Prelude, as far as kind of a celebration of life, he went into Maple Leaf Rag on this seven-foot grand piano in the Prelude. I guess confidence that things were going to be all right. And so talk about a juxtaposition.

But I guess in the light that Dad had passed away, of course, so long ago, especially in his timeline. But, yeah, my challenge is to communicate with my 13-year-old grandchild We went on a walk after the service. And I can send you more details about how the service was.

I think I would have preferred Albert focusing more on Isaiah that he did, but he went to John 11, of course, and you can't really lose by going to John 11 in that wonderful, wonderful passage of the Resurrection. But anyway, I just am glad that all the musicians, as we try to keep playing music in our old age, I think my sister came through beautifully after having to, get her calluses back on her cello playing and things like that to fulfill that portion of her music, things like that for his service. Anyway, without having a program in front of us, it's hard to elaborate totally, but I was glad.

Thank you, Lord. Back to you, Max. Yeah, Roger, real good report.

Thank you for that. Yeah, I'm just pleased to hear that the family came together, everybody contributed. You know, music is the language of the soul, and people use it to express themselves.

their feelings and their thoughts. And, you know, I'm really pleased that you were able to use music to bring glory to God and to memorialize your dad, who loved music and obviously raised a musical family.