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July 8 - John 6 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Monday, the start of
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  a new week full of leisure and chilled out edness.
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  For me, maybe not for you, probably not for you.
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  And if that's the case, bully for you.
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  Thanks for keeping the world turning this week as I don't.
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  But all of that said, no matter what I'm doing, friends, I will
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  certainly be here each day with you so that we can read another
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  chapter of God's Word together as we are tiptoeing, nay,
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  walking boldly through the Gospel of John, encountering all
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  these things that Jesus is up to.
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  And today, today is one of those days that is quite a day of
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  dichotomy. We've got Jesus doing incredible
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  things and drawing in the crowds, and then Jesus teaching
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  some really difficult things and the crowds leaving.
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  And it is a particularly long chapter full of ups and downs,
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  and we will enjoy it. So how about we just dive right
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  in, friends? Lord, open our hearts so that we
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  will hear Your voice and receive Your truth as we read this
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  chapter together. Alright friends, let us do it.
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  Let's read together John chapter 6.
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  After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of
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  Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberius.
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  A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went because they
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  saw his miraculous signs as He healed the sick.
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  Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples
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  around him. It was nearly time for the
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  Jewish Passover celebration. Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of
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  people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked
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  Where can we buy bread to feed all these people he was testing
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  Phillip for He already knew what he was going to do.
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  Philip replied, Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't
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  have enough money to feed them. Then Andrew, Simon, Peters
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  brother, spoke up. There's a young boy here with
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  five barley loaves and two fish, but what good is that with this
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  huge crowd? Tell everyone to sit down, Jesus
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  said. So they all sat down on the
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  grassy slopes. The men alone numbered about
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  5000. Then Jesus took the lives, gave
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  thanks to God, and distributed them to the people.
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  Afterward, he did the same with the fish, and they all ate as
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  much as they wanted. After everyone was full, Jesus
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  told his disciples, Now gather the leftovers so that nothing is
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  wasted. So they picked up the pieces and
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  filled 12 baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten
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  from the five barley loaves. When the people saw him do this
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  miraculous sign, they exclaimed. Surely he is the prophet we've
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  been expecting. When Jesus saw that they were
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  ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the
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  hills by himself. That evening Jesus disciples
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  went down to the shore to wait for him.
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  But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn't come back, they got
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  into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.
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  Soon a Gale swept down upon them and the sea grew very rough.
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  They had rowed 3 or 4 miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking
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  on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, but he
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  called out to them. Don't be afraid, I am here.
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  Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately
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  they arrived at their destination.
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  The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that
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  the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realised Jesus
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  had not gone with them. Several boats from Tiberius
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  landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and
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  the people had eaten. So when the crowd saw that
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  neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the
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  boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.
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  They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, Rabbi,
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  when did you get here? Jesus replied, I tell you the
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  truth, You want to be with me because I fed you, not because
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  you understood the miraculous signs.
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  But don't be so concerned about perishable things like food.
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  Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man
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  can give you. For God the Father has given me
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  the seal of his approval, they replied.
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  We want to perform God's works too.
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  What should we do? Jesus told them.
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  This is the only work God wants from you.
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  Believe in the one He has sent, they answered.
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  Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you, what
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  can you do? After all, our ancestors ate
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  Manor while they journeyed through the wilderness.
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  The scripture says Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.
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  Jesus said, I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you
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  bread from heaven, My Father did and now he offers you the true
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  bread from heaven. The true bread of God is the one
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  who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
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  Sir, they said, give us that bread every day.
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  Jesus replied, I am the bread of life.
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  Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again.
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  Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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  But you haven't believed in me, even though you have seen me.
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  However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I
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  will never reject them. For I have come down from heaven
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  to do the will of God, who sent me not to do my own will.
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  And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one
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  of all those He has given me, but that I should raise them up
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  at the last day. For it is my Father's will that
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  all those who see His Son and believe in Him should have
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  eternal life. I will raise them up at the last
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  day. Then the people began to murmur
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  in disagreement. Because he has said I am the
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  bread that came down from heaven, they said.
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  Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph?
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  We know his father and mother. How can you say I came down from
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  heaven? But Jesus replied, stop
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  complaining about what I said, for no one can come to me unless
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  the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day
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  I will raise them up. As it is written in the
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  scriptures, they will all be taught by God.
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  Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes
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  to me. Not that anyone has ever seen
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  the Father. Only I who are sent from God
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  have seen Him. I tell you the truth, anyone who
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  believes has eternal life. Yes, I am the bread of life.
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  Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.
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  Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.
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  I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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  Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.
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  And this bread, which ioffer so the world may live, is my flesh.
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  Then the people began arguing with each other about what he
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  meant. How can this man give us his
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  flesh to eat? They asked.
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  So Jesus said again, I tell you the truth, unless you eat the
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  flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you cannot have
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  eternal life within you. But anyone who eats my flesh and
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  drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that
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  person at the last day. For my flesh is true food, and
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  my blood is true drink. Anyone who eats my flesh and
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  drinks my blood remains in me and I in Him.
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  I live because of the living Father who sent me, in the same
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  way anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.
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  I am the true bread that came down from heaven.
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  Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did,
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  even though they ate the manna. But we'll live forever.
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  He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue at
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  Capernaum, Many of his disciples said this is very hard to
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  understand, How can anyone accept it?
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  Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so
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  he said to them, Does this offend you?
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  Then? What will you think if you see
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  the Son of Man ascending to heaven again?
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  The Spirit alone gives eternal life.
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  Human effort accomplishes nothing, and the very words I
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  have spoken to you are spirit and life.
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  But some of you do not believe me, for Jesus knew from the
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  beginning which ones didn't believe, and he knew who would
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  betray him. Then he said, that is why I said
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  the people can't come to me unless the Father gives them to
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  me. At this point, many of his
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  disciples turned away and deserted him.
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  Then Jesus turned to the 12 and asked, Are you also going to
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  leave? Simon Peter replied, Lord, to
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  whom would we go? You have the words that give
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  eternal life. We believe and we know you are
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  the Holy One of God. Then Jesus said I chose the 12
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  of you. That one is a devil.
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  He was Speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the 12
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  who would later betray him. Jesus, thank you for the gift of
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  not only your life and your teaching, but have your very
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  body and blood given up for us. Thank you that you invite us in
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  the meal of communion to receive you in this way, so that we can
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  receive this eternal life that the Father sent you to us to
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  gift to us. And what a gift it is.
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  And where else has Simon Peter said, would we go?
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  Because indeed, you have the words of eternal life on your
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  lips and you speak them kindly and graciously to us.
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  Jesus, thank you for all that you give us.
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  You are a kind and loving God and we are so grateful for all
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  that you've done for us. Thank you for your forgiveness
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  and your mercy that you lavishly pour out on us, particularly on
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  the cross, as you go to Calvary in our stead, so that we can
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  spend eternity with You and the Father and the Spirit.
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  We love you, we are grateful, and we pray all of this in your
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  holy and precious name, Jesus, Amen.