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Good signal this morning, Brian. How you doing? Good morning, how are you?

Welcome back. Well thank you, it's good to be back, good to be on my own radio here at home, and you're 5'9" this morning Brian, so good signal. Any prayer requests, Glenn?

Maybe if you would stay here too, Joe. Right, copy that. Alright, the net would like to acknowledge Peter, KJ7D8, good morning Peter, see you there on the Utah SDR.

And good to have you with us. That's Peter, KJ7DA. And Peter responds and says, good morning to everyone.

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Where's our man Roger, WB7VZL? Roger, are you out there? Maybe he's still up at Candy's place in 70.

I T in 70. I T. Are you there?

All right. Well, you can't really fish every time you cast out the hook, right? That's what I always tell myself.

All right, we're ready to get started here with the West Coast Bible Study. We'll keep looking for late check-ins, but we're going to get started with our passage today. You know, I haven't designated anybody to read or to pray.

Brian, KA7VIP, can you open in prayer for us this morning, please? Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you for joining us today. I will look forward to joining us as we go through all of that faith. And I thank God we're staying in the new year.

God bless you. Amen. All right, Brian, KD7ZIP, thank you so much for that prayer.

I really appreciate that. Eric, KD7ES, I'm going to ask you to read Psalm 51 when the time comes. So, Eric, KD7ES, if you could grab a Bible and open Psalm 51.

and be ready to read for us, that would be great. I'll give a little introduction first, and then we'll have you read, Eric. Okay, so we're in Psalm 51 today.

Well, as Carol KK7TPO said, this is one of her favorite psalms. I think we all know this one really, really well. This psalm is one that's very well known and frequently used by the people of God.

And the reason, of course, is that we frequently sin and, therefore, we frequently stand in need of forgiveness. And we obtain this forgiveness from God by confession of our sins and by pleading for forgiveness in prayer to God. We're all familiar with 1 John 1 and verse 9, which says, If we confess our sins, that he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

That's a wonderful, wonderful promise for the believer. But what does confession of sin look like? What should we say when we are confessing our sins?

What kind of an attitude should we possess? Well, this psalm is an example of what repentance looks like. It's an example of a true confession of sin, of a true penitence for the transgression that was committed.

One of the problems is that oftentimes when people confess their sins, it's shallow, it's insincere, it's hurried. And it's no real confession at all. It's merely an effort to shed troubling guilt feelings quickly so we can be at peace.

Well, in true confession of sin, there's a recognition that we have offended God, and there is a sorrow for having rebelled against his authority. In true confession of sin, there's a deep contrition for having abused God's grace and for having trampled on His love. In true confession of sin, there's a clear understanding of the evil of what we have done, and of the corruption of our persons that could allow us to do such things.

So what this psalm is, is the antidote to a shallow, insincere, hurried repentance and confession. It's really no confession at all because it's just an effort to get rid of guilt feelings without really turning away from the sin and seeing the true evil that it is. and having sincere honor and genuine dealings with God with reference to it.

So a wonderful example here of David's sin. The background to this psalm is David's adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of Uriah, her husband. You can read about that story in 2 Samuel 11-12.

And so this terrible sin that David committed was concealed for a year. But when Nathan the prophet confronted him and exposed him as the guilty perpetrator of this evil, he repented, he confessed his sin, and what we have before us is the record of his prayer to God, seeking forgiveness and restoration to God's fellowship and favor for having murdered Uriah and committed adultery with Bathsheba, his wife. And so here we see the fulfillment of the second beatitude, blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

And so David is mourning for his sins, and he found the comfort of forgiveness from God. So a little introduction to our psalm, a little background to it to help us understand what's going on here. Okay, Eric, KD7ES, if you could read for us, please, Psalm 51.

I'd appreciate that. Go ahead. Okay, reading from the King James Version, Psalm 51.

Have mercy upon me. O God, according to thy lovingkindness, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Verse 5: "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts and in the hidden parts thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Earth me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed. Verse 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation. and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from my blood-soaked guiltness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. Verse 15.

The sacrifices of God are broken in spirit, and broken in contrite heart. O God, thou wilt not despise. Be given thy pleasure unto Zion; kill thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with her offering, and her offering. And then shalt thou offer full of it, peace upon thine author. And that is the end of Psalm 51.

Derek 87ES, thank you for that reading. WB7MAX here, net control for the West Coast Bible Study. All right, any comments on this psalm?

Please come down with your call sign. KB7ZXN. Kevin, KB7ZXN, please go ahead.

well I'll get the ball rolling again but I'm looking forward to the comments on this song it is such a beautiful and powerful song yet it has been an important song for the Hebrews as well as for us as believers to this very day because there's so much encompassed in this even through the early churches I know it said that Augustine had this written on his wall when he was very ill, just before he died. Luther is known to hold this Psalm up very high, as well as countless believers, including those, you know, a few mentioned here that have been really moved and humbled by this psalm. And I think a couple of the elements I just wanted to take a quick look at, two quick points, is one in the very beginning.

Paul's prayer here, or prayer of... repentance begins with the character and the qualities of God. Some translations has, you know, be merciful.

Others say be gracious. Well, Paul, or not Paul, excuse me, David. David is calling for the...

upon the grace of God, the very character of God that gives us all hope, that has led us to salvation. And the two attributes that are still available to us by repentance is God's grace, and his loving kindness. And this is just a beautiful picture, and to appeal to God's grace and to his loving kindness.

And then as we see here too, he recognizes his sin for what it is, the horrible offense against God. And yes, as believers, sometimes we can slip. Sometimes our hearts can be corrupted and we can do things that we could never imagine as he has done here.

But this brings me to the second point real quick, and that is in verse 10. where as he pours out in recognition of his sin and understanding that only God can wash and clean, he asks God to create in him a new heart. And this is quite interesting because the word he uses here is barah in the Hebrew, which is the same word used in Genesis 1.

where God created the heavens and the earth, where God, out of nothing, by his divine command, created something from nothing. Well, David understands that his heart is corrupt. And he's calling upon God.

He's praying to God to take what is corrupt, what is defiled, before God and create in him from his divine authority a new heart in him. And that to me is recognition to know how far David recognizing how far his sin has gone, what a great offense it is to God, what a destructive witness it is. been to God's people and so but recognizing throughout this prayer that it is God and God alone that can provide this restoration David never once says well help me pick myself up on my own bootstraps and And I'll get things straightened out.

No, it's all 100% God that can provide the restoration. And we see the heartfelt repentance through that. T.B.

Sevens, Edison. Yeah, Kevin, thank you for that. You know, when we realize the mercy and the grace and the love of God that is offered to us, in the Gospel through the substitutionary atonement of Jesus, it really gives us hope.

We're not coming to a vindictive God. We're not coming to a God who delights in punishing. We're coming to a God who He says of Himself that He's ready to forgive.

And so, you know, the gospel holds out endless hope for repentant sinners. And over and over and over again, God sets himself up, for example, in the story of the prodigal son, as the father who's waiting and looking and ready to forgive the returning sinner. And so this is David's perspective on God, as you've well pointed out, and this is exactly who God is.

And then, yeah, create in me a clean heart. Only God has the power to do that. And that goes right along, Kevin, with 1 John 1, 9.

If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So when David says, create in me a clean heart, O God, renew a right spirit within me, he's saying, take my defiled conscience. take my corrupted desires that led me to and into this sin and Father purify me make me like your son you know Peter says would be holy as he said to us that God says be holy as I am holy that's spoken in the book of Leviticus over and over again and so this idea of holiness of being clean before God is the idea of being forgiven and of walking in His commandments and living in His ways.

So, Kevin, thank you for pointing out who God is in this whole process. He's loving, He's forgiving, He's merciful, He's gracious, He's ready to forgive. And then He has the power to forgive because He's provided a sufficient atonement for it, and He has the power to turn our hearts from being crushed with guilt to being filled with joy.

Amen. when we experience the light of His countenance on us once again as we confess our sins and He forgives them. All right, great comment, Kevin.

Thank you for that. Any other comments, please come down. Brian, KJ7PWM, go ahead.

. Yeah, amen, Brian. Well said.

You know, once God forgives us, not only do we have joy in that, but also we need to go and teach others about God's forgiveness. Yes. You know, whenever God does something in our lives, it's wonderful He's done something for us.

But then we need to take that thing that He's done for us, and we need to tell others about it, not only to give glory to God, but also to guide them into receiving the same blessing we received. And so, you know, when He says, in verse 12, He says, told me with my free spirit, then will I teach transgressors thy way and sinners will be converted to thee. You know, our restorations are foundations for ministry.

And you know, when we've fallen or when we've gone away from the Lord and the Lord has graciously called us back to himself, and the Lord has graciously restored us, that provides a platform for testimony of hope to others that if they too have gone away and turned from the Lord, that they too can be forgiven and restored. So thank you for pointing that out, Brian. Really appreciate that.

Great thought there. Okay, any other comments? Please come now.

AL7KG, Lee, go ahead. AL7KG, this is WB7MX, go ahead. yeah real good lee thank you for pointing out those verses yeah it's not the animal sacrifices that bring uh bring forgiveness It's the broken and the contrite heart.

No external ceremony will ever produce any kind of forgiveness. This is a heart issue, and it has to be dealt with at the level of the heart. And so it is actually the sacrifice of Jesus and the shedding of His blood on the cross and to set out on a new course of obedience and to permanently depart from the evil that we've done.

That's not to say we can't fall back into it again at some point in the future, but it is to say that we're not just saying, Lord, shield me from the consequences of what I did. it's no lord forgive me for what i did and lord help me to never do it again so that's the important part there of the contrite and the broken spirit lee thank you for your comment and for pointing out those verses and those concepts really appreciate that all right other comments please come now *car engine noise* *car engine noise* Thank you. In verse 4 he says, well, let's look at verse 3: "For I acknowledge my transgression, my sin is ever before me." And then he says, "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest." It's interesting that he says here that he had only sinned against God.

And here what David is doing is he's really setting out the true greatness of his sin. Now certainly he had sinned against Bathsheba. Certainly he had sinned against Uriah.

But his sin against them was only a byproduct of his true sin, and that was his sin against God. Jesus said in Matthew 25 and verse 40, Inasmuch as you have done it to the least of these, my brethren, you've done it to me. And so all sin is ultimately against God, all sin is finally against God, and all sin is really against God, even though it has impact on the people around us, because we could never sin against people had we not sinned first against God by rebelling against His will for our lives regarding those people.

Right. And so it's rebellion against God that causes us to sin against people. And all of our sins against people in the final analysis is really a sin against God Himself.

You remember that when Joseph was tempted by Potiphar's wife to go commit adultery with him, he said, "How shall I do this great evil and sin against God?" He didn't say, how shall I do this great evil and sin against Potiphar, your husband? Now, would it have been a sin against Potiphar if he committed adultery with Potiphar's wife? Well, yes, it certainly would have been.

But David looked past that to the true source of sin. And that is rebellion against God himself. So God is really the only one we sin against and the first one we sin against and the final one we sin against when we sin against other people.

So were our sin only against other people, it would be a finite and a limited offense. and the degree of offense would be the degree of the moral value of the person we sinned against. And so the sin is little when the moral value of the one we sin against is little and the moral value of fallen people is small, so our sin, if it was only against them, is really a smaller thing.

But if our sin is against God, His moral value is infinite, so the evil of our sin against Him is infinite as well. So great as to make the offense of that sin against people seem like nothing in comparison. So this is the reason why David used the language he did in verse 4.

David wishes to clear God's name. David wishes to justify God's accusations against him when God addresses him for his sins. And so David ascribes all the evil to himself and all the righteousness to God in this matter.

And so he says, I've done evil in your sight that you might be justified when you judge me. So he was justifying God. He was condemning himself, and he was magnifying God.

the degree of his sin when he was saying, this is not just a sin against people, this is a sin against God. All right, WB7MX here. Any other comments on this passage, please come out.

KB7 ZXM. KB7 ZXM, please go ahead. Well, I think that's a wonderful point, Max, and it ties right into your observation, too, and the connection to 1 John 1 and 9.

And if we confess our sins before God, He is faithful and just to cleanse us from all our righteousness. But confessing our sins before God is exactly what you described there in verses 3 and 4 in that verse. we need to see our sin as God sees our sin.

And if we can look at it from that perspective, the offense that it is to God, that is the confession of sin that God is looking for, knowing and recognizing that it is Him that we are truly sinning against. And so, again, I think that further makes that connection there to that text. I was going to just take a quick look at verse 11 here, too, where David expresses his plea to not take away.

the Spirit and cast away take it away the walk he has with him and you know in this time keep in mind the Holy Spirit works a little bit different God did place the Holy Spirit upon people but he is known also to take that spirit away as he did with Saul in 1 Samuel there. And, of course, the devastation, calamity that followed that removal of the spirit. And so David here is expressing beyond...

his fear of any punishment or retribution or public shame what he is most concerned about is what's been most meaningful and given him purpose in his life and that's his relationship with with the lord and and so he's he's praying to please uh keep keep that restore that relationship please do not take away your spirit from from me and of course it's that very spirit too i think that brought conviction to david's heart here that led to this repentance and of course now we know what saved always say we have security that Christ died on the cross once and for all for sinners and if we truly repent and turn to Christ and he gives us that gift of salvation we are sealed for eternity with that Holy Spirit but we're also called not to grieve that spirit we still have We need to have times of repentance to address the sins that may come back into our life or creep into our life and be honest about those. But it is interesting here that this is of utmost concern to David. is that relationship can be restored, but also that it not be broken.

KB7, is that acceptable? Amen. Well said, Kevin.

You know, the felt sense of the presence of God in our hearts and of His smile upon us and of His working in us is a treasure that we value above all else. and it's something that, did we lose, we would be completely undone. And so David doesn't want God to withdraw the gracious blessings of his presence, of his fellowship, of his inward working in his heart.

And, of course, that, as you well said, is manifested through the Holy Spirit. And so, yeah, that's one of the costs of sin is a withdrawal of the felt sin to the presence and the peace of God and of His gracious favor in working in our lives. You know, sin breaks fellowship.

Now, if I sin against my wife, that creates a block in our relationship, and there's distance, right? And so you have to confess that sin and ask forgiveness, and then the closeness between you and your wife is restored, right? It's the same way with God.

And so it's really important for us to deal quickly and thoroughly with sin as soon as it arises in our lives so that that relationship... can be quickly restored back to the level that it was before and we have that closeness, that communion, that connection, that sense of peace and the presence of God and that's something that is irreplaceable and something that we as Christians cannot live without and that's why we cannot stay in sin you know David was miserable during these nine months that he was in this sin and when when Nathan finally confronted him it was like it was almost a relief to him to finally get this thing done get it out get it over with get it confessed and get right with God again And so we may wander off into sin for a while, but we can't stand it because we're missing the one who loves us and the one that we love. And so that's why we're motivated to confess our sin and to get back right with God.

Kevin, great comment. Thank you for that. All right, any other comments, please come down.

All right. While you're thinking, I want to make a comment on verse 7. Verse 7 says, Okay.

and I shall be clean, wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Hyssop was a plant that was used for cleansing ceremonies. And so, for example, those who were defiled with leprosy, those who were defiled by contact with a dead body, were ceremonially cleansed when hyssop was dipped in water, or it was dipped in the blood of a sacrificial animal, and it was sprinkled on people who were defiled.

So you can read about that in Leviticus chapter 14. You can read about that in Numbers chapter 19. And here David takes the ceremony of sprinkling with hyssop for cleansing, He sees past the symbolism, and he pleads for the blood of Christ to be sprinkled upon him to cleanse him from his sin.

And we read about that in Hebrews 9, verses 13-14, where he talks about the sprinkling of the blood of Christ, cleansing your conscience from sin. And so when he says, Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow, this is a reference to the ceremonial washing through purification. And once again, David looks past the symbolism of the ceremonial washing to the reality that it represents, which is the cleansing blood of Christ, by which sin is washed away.

So what David's doing is he's taking these ceremonial ordinances that symbolically depict a literal reality, and he's embracing that literal reality, and he's asking for that literal reality to be applied to his life that is symbolized by these ceremonial acts. You know, we do the same thing with the Lord's Supper, right? We have the bread, we have the wine, We're not focused on the bread and wine.

We look past those symbols to the one that they represent and to the thing that they represent and we put our trust in Him. And so that's what David is doing here with the idea of hyssop, with the idea of washing. He's asking for cleansing and he's asking for God to take away his sin, not by a ceremonial but by the application of that which that ceremonial act represents.

All right, other comments, please come down. Go ahead there, Scott. Yeah, this is going to sound strange, but so I occasionally listen to...

in spite of living with Chuck Swindoll. And one of the observations that he made is, up until Davis came with Bathsheba, he had never been defeated in battle. And of course, afterwards, there were consequences for what he did.

I mean, God forgave him, and there's still consequences. You know, you read about what happened among his family. Of course, he was chased out into the countryside by Saul and all these other things, you know, terrible things happened.

Some of it was a result of his pen with Bathsheba. I found it really profound And so God brought trouble to David to allow him to remember that this sin has consequences. And, of course, that's a great motive to not go back to that again.

You know, if I rob a bank, that's stealing. That's a violation of the Eighth Commandment, right? Thou shalt not steal.

And I confess that sin and I ask God to forgive me for it. He will forgive me for it, but it's not going to take away the jail sentence. and all the things that naturally fall out when you're in jail.

And then, of course, after you get out of jail, you've got something on your record there, which makes it hard for you to get a job or for people to trust you again. And so sin is not something that we do and get off scot-free. There's always consequences, natural consequences, though the eternal consequences have been removed.

This sin will never be held against David on the Day of Judgment. It will not cling to him. It will not be mentioned to him.

There are consequences to sin, and we have to recognize that. You know, it was a terrible testimony to the nation. It was a terrible testimony to the nations around Israel.

And it was something that created... A perception of David that this guy's a giant hypocrite. You wonder about Absalom and his rebellion against David.

And it's because of his knowledge of this sin with Bathsheba that he despised his father's God and his father's religion. And that's why he went the direction he did. So one of the things I've thought about a lot, Scott, is if I fall into sin, here I am.

I'm a pastor. I'm a father. I'm a husband.

I'm a wife. how is my sin going to affect not just me and my relationship with God, but how is it going to affect my church? How is it going to affect my wife?

How is it going to affect my children? How is it going to affect my testimony to the lost? I mean, we all know pastors who have fallen into sin, and it becomes public scandal, right?

And it gives occasion to the wicked to just mock and scorn the Gospel. Those are additional motivations to repent quickly before this thing gets out of hand. And number two, to avoid getting into it altogether, knowing that it does have natural consequences.

Scott, KD7YQT, thank you for pointing that out. All right, any other comments, please come down. is that extent uh kevin kb7 is that extent please go ahead yeah wonderful comments and observations and and i just appreciate every one of them you know one of the things too we see here and uh and and i think we see this in in kind of in in the conclusion of this psalm here too and recognition that the first portion of a right walk with God is not the sacrifice, but it's the repentance and the contrite heart.

You know, in Psalm 50, we saw... that it's not the sacrifices and the gold that's going to please God, you know, if you're going to continue to do wicked. And we see here, too, David recognizing this, that it is his...

you know, getting right his heart with God first. And I appreciate Scott's comments, too, because, you know, and yours as well, Max, because, you know, sin does create consequence in this world around us. And David continued to live with many of the consequences in his life that resulted from this great failure of his and his great sin.

At the same time, as he spoke of here, he was able to witness the amazing... grace of God and His willingness to forgive when you do get your heart right with God, when you do repent. That even in one of the worst things, you know, described in the Old Testament, the worst sin is the shedding of innocent blood, which He did here.

But yet, God still... by His mighty grace and His amazing grace, still was able to forgive. And David became a witness for that quality of God, that he is willing to restore a relationship.

with someone that is truly repentant of their sin. And yes, they'll have to likely face some music in this world, in their life. But at the same time, their walk with God is eternal, and that can be eternal.

made right once again and what a witness david has become for all of us in this in fact the shame of all of us knowing and studying throughout our lives becoming aware as the believers of his great sin but yet what stands out is the grace and the loving kindness of god which he called upon in the first verse kb7 is that example Yeah, well said, Kevin. Thank you so much for that. I did get a text message from Keith, K7NEB.

He says, "Does verse 5 mean even newborn babies are sinners?" Verse 5 says, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." The answer when we're conceived, we're born or fallen guilty of Adam's sin and inheriting Adam's nature. And so it says in Romans 5.12, for by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned. And so, yeah, what David is saying here is that because I had a fallen nature, my behavior flows out of that.

And so we're born fallen, we're born sinful, we're born with corrupt natures inherited from our father Adam. And that explains why you don't have to teach children how to sin. You just have to teach them to do the right thing.

by nature they're sinners and anyone who's had babies and raised them knows that that sinful corrupt nature is there from birth and so that's why people need to be saved and that's why we teach our children the gospel and call upon them to repent and to receive Jesus as their savior as soon as they're able and as soon as they have any understanding. Keith, K7NEB, great question. All right, we are out of time.

We need to close our time in prayer. Are there any final prayer requests before Jerry closes in prayer? Any final prayer requests, please come down.

All right, Jerry, E7ER, go ahead and close your prayer for us, please. Let us pray. Our Father in heaven, thank you, dear Lord, for another day, and thank you for this night.

As we begin the day of prayer and in fact, actually, his brother-in-law, Ed, and his wife seem to feel their health. Uh, Will K.M. Fliza, pray his hormone treatment and radiation will be effective in restraining and removing his prostate cancer.

Pray Will's insurance will approve an alternative prescription for his hormone treatment. Colonel, KK7TPO. healing for her lower back pain.

Her son-in-law, Bruce, had back surgery and is still in pain. Pray for a good outcome and speedy recovery. Tom, WW17.

Tom is recovering from major spine surgery, and he is in a wheelchair. Pray his physical therapy will provide relief from pain and increase mobility. And pray that his need for an electric wheelchair will be met.

6. 8. 8.

5. 1. Pray for convenient healing and resolution of his double vision.

Pray for full restoration of his hearing and his right ear. Their neighbor, Nancy, needs healing from terminal cancer. She also needs to be saved.

Lord, touch this unending heart, which she seeks you. Pastor Jeff Floss. Lord, be with this man.

He has severe ulcerative colitis. Pray for his healing, sir. Make a train of his disease.

Cody, TI-70RF. Healing for his father, Roger, from stage four colon cancer. Healing for his uncle, Doug, a believer from severe head injury.

And pray for his ongoing treatment recovery. Cody needs no, no he needs salvation. Chief, 77, ICR.

Pray for Keith to trust God with a difficult tissue race in his head. To make modeling, guideline decisions regarding a First, it's key to have wisdom and patience in mannering. Manage it.

His wife, Roni, can mend you. And for Roni to be calm and peaceful. And pray also that he helps you.

Lord, we ask the suppression of wildfires in the Western Europe and the United States. and safety of our firefighters. Keith, N7NEB's son, Grant, is currently fighting fire and we pray for his safety in particular.

Keith, W6YSI, for sailing home in challenge and for wisdom in finding a new home to purchase in Tulane County, California. Scott, K7YTP, Pray for his wife, Sam. Yes, for their little bit.

That it would go into remission. Pray for his daughter, Kendra's ongoing multiple chronic health scheme. Oh, KJ7QQH.

L has cellulitis. Lara, toward me at... to heal this man.

Jeff AK6OK, pray Jeff and Patty can sleep at night. Pray for Jeff's grandson Noah's marriage to be a blessing and for the salvation of Noah and his wife. Al KJ7QQA, pray for healing for his son John from cancer.

And Al's neighbor Lucas who suddenly lost his hearing. He needs to train that son. Al's wife Mary I read by a friend, pray for a good outcome.

Frick both fingers. He needs to sell his business. Pray for a buyer to come and purchase it.

Carol, KK7GTO. Judy and Christian at stage two to lung cancer. Lord, we pray for healing and cure.

Doug, Doug is sick for a long time. He's diagnosed with multiple myeloma, type of blood cancer, which was causing his kidney problems. His multiple myeloma is being successfully treated with chemotherapy.

He's now home and is doing much better. He continues receiving ongoing chemotherapy. He has been asking and needs to write for an establishment of a dental clinic on Fiji.

George, K2CG. healing of his shoulders carving yeah for removal of a predatory home for the lean against his house and we pray for salvation sharing the gospel at an assisted living center may he open ears and hearts to the Lord KG6 able to work into a doctor's appointment. We asked for correct diagnosis and release for his back pain and fatigue.

Case of an NEV, safe travel, coping, camping while camping in Idaho. thank the lord for his goodness mercy and grace to each one of us and for the gift of his son jesus christ keep with us all throughout this day lord i hope this will live the life pleasing to you keep us all well and safe and we ask this in jesus name amen this is the east of the earth Jerry, AE70R, thank you so much for that prayer. Really appreciate you leading us to the throne of grace.

This is WV7MX, Net Control for the West Coast Bottle Study. I want to thank all the stations who checked in this morning and those 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 to our lives, and then pray for grace and mercy to be able to live out the lessons that we've learned and also for God to meet the needs of those that are in our circle of fellowship. I'll be returning this frequency now to regular amateur use. This is WB7MX.

I'll be clear and standing by. WB7MX, 87, YQT. 87, YQT.

Go ahead there, Scott. Thank you. Just had some questions for you, Max.

I'm kind of curious how you ended up taking over the net here. I did check out your bio on QRZ and some links to all your surveys. You've got quite a few there.

Sorry to listen to you. and they're pretty good. You do a really good job right now.

I'm curious how you got started in this. Yeah, well, as far as getting started in the ministry goes, God called me into the ministry in my 20s, and so I was a pastor for 34 years. As far as the net goes, you know, when I retired from the pastoral ministry in 2008, I thought to myself, you know, I need an alternative means of communication in case the cell towers ever go down, you know, if we have an EMT or something.

And so I thought, you know, I've heard about ham radio. I was exposed to it a little bit when I was a teenager. His dad was actually a friend of my dad's.

They both worked for the Forest Service. So my dad took me over to his dad's house one day and I saw this ham radio stuff. And I thought, "Oh, that's interesting." I never thought about it again for 50 years.

But anyway, in my retirement I thought, "Ah, you know, I think I'm going to learn ham radio." So I got on the internet and I found this ham radio prep program. And I studied it and I got ready and I figured out a place, Valley Radio Club, where I could go and take the exam. I got my technician and then about five months later I got my general.

And I got an antenna up and bought a radio, one thing and another. Well, anyway, one morning I'm just spinning the dial on 75 meters, just listening to conversations, trying to learn how to talk on the radio and that kind of thing. And I heard somebody reading the Bible.

And I thought, "Whoa, wait a second." And at that point in time, that's all it was, was Bible reading and prayer. No discussion, no real study. And so I thought, okay, cool, I'm going to be here tomorrow morning.

So I got on the next morning, and I participated, and I read my section of the Bible that they assigned to me. And we did that for, oh, wow. I don't know, maybe a month or so.

And one day Roger says to me, "Max," he says, "I'm going to be gone tomorrow. Would you take over the net and be net control?" And, I mean, here I'm a brand-new ham. I don't know my head from a hole in the ground.

And I thought, "Well, I'm not qualified to do this." He said, "Well, you've been here long enough. You know how it goes. Just give it a try." So I thought, "Okay." And so I -- next day I did net control.

And it worked out okay. I didn't stumble around too bad. And then Roger came back and then after about a week, Roger says, "You know, I've talked to the other guys on the net here and we want you to become net control permanently." And I said, "Well, you know, I'm just a brand new ham.

I don't know anything." He says, "But you're a pastor and we need a pastor to run this net." and I said okay and I man I was really intimidated but I did take it over and gradually transformed it from being just a Bible reading net to a Bible study net and here we are about four years later and um So that's kind of the history. Scott, I'm not sure if I answered your question or not. Go ahead.

Yeah, you did. And I figured it was something like that. But the guys here in New Delance are great.

okay uh i heard a km5s and somebody else so will you go ahead please yeah it was somebody saying one two three four five it sounded like they were trying to tune up camp by that clear okay no worries thank you for that all right uh any other stations want to contact uh me and have a chat please come down with your call sign okay i heard somebody that may have been kevin kevin kb7 zedeksen go ahead thanks max kb7 zedeksen i guess it's helpful if i give my full call but uh i'm just gonna ask will will did uh did you by chance uh make progress with getting the medication that you're hoping for? We haven't gotten any feedback from that yet. We're going to try and call the doctor today and see what's the prognosis on that.

Okay. Okay, very good. We'll continue prayers on that front end as well.

Go ahead, Max, and hopefully Beck's okay and hear him or Roger today. But anyway, back to you, Max and Scott, KV7ZXM. Thank you.

Yeah, Kevin, thank you for that. As the band deteriorates and the sun comes up, I can barely hear you on my radio, but I hear you wonderfully on the Utah SDR. It's like you're sitting right next to me.

So as long as I know there's Kevin out there, I can click on my SDR and hear you just wonderfully. So anyway, that's what that was about. Yeah, haven't heard from Becker Sandy today, didn't hear from Roger, WB7VZL today.

So anyway, hopefully they'll be here tomorrow. I don't know anything about them and their situation, but everybody's allowed to go do something else if they want to. So anyway, Kevin, appreciate your concern for them, and hopefully we'll hear from them tomorrow.

All right, WB7MX is standing by. Anybody want to chat, throw out your call sign. All right, hearing nothing.

WB7MX is going to be clear in QRT. Appreciate all you people being here today. We'll see you all tomorrow.

God bless each one. WB7MX, clear. Thank you.

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