Today was my first day with the group and I love talking to people. But God totally pushed me out of my comfort zone. We went to Blockbuster and the Jack-in-the-Box parking lot. I got to talk to 6 people and 5 said “yes.” We had about 6 people in our group and though we were only out for about 30 minutes, together we totaled 36 souls. Yes! I doesn’t have to take long for God to show up EVER!

Tashana K
Not known Hawaii United States

After leading a young man to the Lord, his friend, already saved, asked for prayer for his back. When I left him, he said it was feeling better already. An older man we visited promptly received the Lord and after praying for healing for him, his mobility was much better and his countenance brightened. An older Japanese woman, a Buddist prayed and was saved, very appreciative & awestruck at God’s goodness

Michael L
Maui Hawaii United States

I went door-to-door witnessing today. I saw a girl about to pack up and leave and led her to the Lord. I also led a college student to the Lord. I met some youth leader who said they were going to take it back to their youth group.

Kristen T
Not known Hawaii United States

John 1:1-4 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Rodney Howard Browne teaches that we know God’s thoughts and ways through His Word.

• Many have little understanding of the Father.
• John 14:9 – Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
• Seventy percent of Jesus’ ministry was healing the sick and casting out devils.
• Daniel 11:32 - And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
• Mark 16:15-18 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

• People attend the same church with the same Bible. One understands and one doesn’t.
• You cannot receive God with the natural mind; you have to receive Him with the heart.
• John 4:23-24 – But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

• God needs to be the final authority in our lives: God’s WORD is to be final authority in our lives. Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
• The fire burns up the chaff, religion, and tradition. (Jeremiah 23:29 – Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? )
• Press into Him by studying His Word and following His promptings, the promptings of the Holy Spirit—be willing and obedient. (Isaiah 1:19 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.)

• Quote: Smith Wigglesworth while preaching the message Power of the Word of God:
• “Believers are strong only as the Word of God abides in them. The Word of God is spirit and life to those who receive it in simple faith, and it is a verifier of all who own its sway.
• Know your Book, live it, believe it, and obey it. Hide God’s word in your heart. It will save your soul, quicken your body, illumine your mind. The Word of God is full and final, infallible, reliable, and up-to-date, and our attitude towards it must be one of unquestioned obedience.
• If a thing is in the Bible, it is so; it is not even to be prayed about; it is to be received and acted upon. Inactivity of faith is a robber, which steals blessing. Increase comes by action, by using what we have and what we know. Your life must be one of going from faith to faith.”
• “Great faith is the product of great fights.”
• “Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests.”
• “Great triumphs can only come out of great trials.”

• Psalms 18:30-32 – As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

• Natural persons’ ways and God’s ways are a world apart. God wants to lift us into heavenly places.
• Mark 7:13 – Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
• Hosea 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
• Prayer: Show me Your ways not through the eyes of religion and tradition.  Show me Your plan and purpose for me. I will do Your purpose. I will do Your plan.  I am expecting to hear, “Well done thy good and faithful servant…”
• Jer 29:11-13 NIV – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Pastor Rodney Howard Browne shows us that Jesus shows

mercy to sinners. Luke 19:2-9 tells the story of Jesus

meeting a sinner. As He walked along a road, He saw a

man named Zacchaeus sitting up in a tree. He said, “Come down,

Zacchaeus. Let’s go to your house.” You might feel stuck way up

in a tree right now, but I want you to know that Jesus will show

up and say, “Come on down; let’s go to your house.” And believe

me, when you experience Jesus’ unconditional love and compassion,

you will do what Zacchaeus did — drop everything and go

with Jesus!

Jesus will raise us from the dead. In Mark 5:22-24 and 35-

43, Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue, fell down in the

dusty road at Jesus’ feet and said, “My daughter is sick at home.”

Jesus went with Jairus to his home, but before they got there, they

heard that she had died. Jesus told Jairus to continue believing,

and because He walked into that house, the young girl was raised

from the dead. When Jesus shows up, Me brings new life!

Look at Luke 7:11-15. Jesus found a funeral procession

outside the city of Nain. He called the boy right up out of the coffin

and gave him back to his mother. When Jesus shows up, He’ll

raise the dead!

He came to the tomb where His dear friend Lazarus had

been dead for four days. Lazarus’ sisters were grieving. “Master,”

they said, “if You’d come earlier, this would not have happened.

He’s dead now and stinketh.” But what happened when Jesus

showed up? He said, “Roll away the stone.” And then He said,

“Lazarus, come forth!” And he did!

You might be right in the middle of a situation where you

have no hope, where things you’ve been believing and trusting

God for look dead. They look like they’re buried in the tomb,

stinking. But I want you to know that the same Jesus who walked

the shores of Galilee two thousand years ago comes to you and

says, “Roll away the stone and come forth!” Hallelujah! He

brings life!

It doesn’t matter what your circumstances are. When Jesus

comes on the scene, impossible situations can be turned around.

It doesn’t matter what the devil says. It doesn’t matter what other

people say. When Jesus walks in the door, everything changes.

When Jesus walks in the door, there’s no more argument. There’s

no more question, for He is the Answer How can there be a question

remaining when He is the Answer?

When Jesus walks in the door, there’s no more loss of

direction. How can there be a loss of direction when He is the

way? When He walks in the door, there are no more lies. How can

there be lies when He is the truth? When He walks in the door,

there’s no more death. How can there be death when He is the

life? (See John 14:6.)

What happens when you’ve been in your boat all night

fishing, but have caught nothing? You’ve fished and you’ve

fished — and you know how to fish because you’re a fisherman

by trade — but you’ve caught absolutely nothing. Then Jesus

shows up and gives you clear direction: “Cast your nets on the

other side.” (See John 21:1-6.)

You might be a minister of the Gospel and you’ve been

fishing for souls all your life. You’ve been fishing for years in

Podunk Hollow but you’ve caught no fish. Jesus comes to you

now and says, “Cast your nets on the other side.” Watch in wonder

as hundreds of fish jump into your net!

Pastor Rodney Howard Browne explains to us that

when the anointing is not there, you go one more

time around the mill. Your life becomes a grind and you

are doing the work of a donkey. It becomes repetitious.

There’s no excitement, no joy, no strength. “I’m going

round and round and round. I can’t see like I used to. I

don’t have freedom like I used to.”

to mock at you and they’re mocking at the Church

right now. They’re mocking at the house of God. They

mock at men and women of God.

Anoint Me One More Time

Now the Philistines were having a feast. The

world is having a feast right now. But at their time of

reveling, at their time of feasting, will come their time of

greatest defeat.

Guess what the Philistines did? They held a feast

and said, “Bring this bald, blind man here. Let’s mock

him.”

And in that moment of weakness, Samson

remembered what was once upon his life and he prayed a

prayer that would ultimately fulfill his ministry. But what

a terrible way to fulfill your ministry. As he bowed

himself there in that pagan temple, he pulled down its

pillars. The whole place came down. In his death, he

killed more than he did in his life.

Samson ultimately fulfilled his ministry. The

anointing came back to him. But what a terrible way to

find the ultimate fulfillment of God’s call on your life.

Let’s fulfill it with our eyes. Let’s keep our hair on. And

let’s not put ourselves in the place of compromise.

Your “Delilah” could be your friends. Maybe you

hang around with ungodly friends. Your “Delilah” could

be something else. For everyone it is different. You must

locate it and deal with it in your life before it kills you.

Never let the devil steal the anointing from you. Do

whatever it takes to keep the touch of God upon your life.

Rodney Howard Browne discusses what Jesus did

when Jesus was tempted of the devil. Jesus did not

cast him down, but said, “It is written.” When He stood at

the tomb of Lazarus and prayed, it was not out of

desperation, but for the benefit of those around Him. He

turned first toward heaven, speaking only to God, not

addressing demonic realms. Then out of His relationship

with His heavenly Father, He proclaimed the desired

result. (See John 11:41-44.)

Also, in the country of the Gadarenes, the demons

knew who Jesus was. They said, “Have you come to

torment us before our time?” They knew that their time

was not yet and they pleaded with Him to cast them into

the swine. He did, not in a three-hour battle, but with one

word ( go! (See Mark 5:1-14.)

Rodney Howard Browne Teaches that There Is a True Intercession

I am not against true intercession which is the

Holy Ghost praying through us the perfect will of God for

any situation. But I am against fleshly prayer that

produces nothing but pride in the individual’s life and

robs them of their joy and peace and their productivity in

the kingdom of God.

A city like Los Angeles, California, is a classic

example of a city that in recent times has been

bombarded by prayer in some form or another. Yet it has

seen anything but revival. It has seen earthquakes, racial

rioting, drought, and more. I am not saying that we will

not see revival come to L.A. If and when it comes, it will

not be to the credit or glory of men, but through the

outward working of the Spirit of God through men,

resulting in many won into the kingdom of God.

Rodney Howard Browne answers whether it’s Fact or Fiction?

Again, I must emphasize that I am not against true

intercession. But remember that the devil realizes he can’t

stop the Church from prayer. He can, however, get us

praying in the wrong direction. This will result in nothing

but dead works, frustrating the believer and causing him

to be caught up in a super spiritual world of warfare and

demonic forces, fighting a seemingly never-ending battle.

Yet he is never doing the works of Jesus ( preaching,

teaching, and demonstrating the power of God.

And even if he or she did minister, it would not be

with an over comer’s mentality of seeing the victory

purchased at Calvary as a finished work. Instead it is a

warfare mentality seen through the eyes of a Christian

writer’s novel. The truth is, Jesus has already won the war

and given us power and authority.

The Red Rag Mentality

The Church reminds us of a bull in a ring chasing

a red rag as his opponent, not realizing it is the matador

holding the rag who is his problem. If the bull ever found

out the truth, that would be the end of the matador. Even

so, the Word of God declares that when the enemy is

revealed on that day, many will be amazed. They will

say, “Is this the one who did bring kings down?” Many,

including the Church, will be astounded.

We need to realize that the devil is defeated. He is

not omnipresent and he is a creation, not creator. These

simple truths will help us to see clearly that prayer must

be used primarily to fellowship with the Lord and to

spend time being filled up in His presence. Then out of an

overflow of His touch, we minister to the needs of hurting

humanity.

The Study of the Word of God

Paul, in speaking to Timothy, said, “Study to

shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth

not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth”

(Second Timothy 2:15). Every believer needs to have a

workable knowledge of God’s Word. One of the problems

we face is that many Christians don’t even know the

basics of the Word. They are caught up in the nonabsolutes

of the Word. It is not producing life and joy and

freedom, but rather death and bondage to man-made

doctrines and forms.

The scripture says many walk after the doctrines

of men, “having a form of godliness, but denying the

power thereof” (Second Timothy 3:5). That is why Paul

admonished Timothy to, “Preach the word; be instant in

season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all

longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when

they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own

lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having

itching ears” (Second Timothy 4:2, 3).

Don’t Throw Arrows in the Dark

The study of the scripture should be systematic,

rightly dividing between the Old and the New and

between absolutes and non-absolutes. It is evident that

many take a little of the Old and a little of the New and

make up their own covenant. It is one that brings them

into freedom for a little while and then puts them back

into bondage.

I suggest that once a believer has a workable

knowledge of the scripture, then he or she spend time in

the Epistles and also the Gospels. We should study the

Epistles to find out what is available for us through the

finished work of the cross. We should study the Gospels

to follow closely the ministry of Jesus and to build into

our lives an image of Jesus and His earthly ministry.

Jesus said, “He that believeth on me, the works that I do

shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do”

(John 14:12).

Any time spent in the Old Testament must be

backed up with time spent in the New. Otherwise the

student will come out with a picture of negativity and

failure because the Old Testament was a type and shadow

of the New. The Old without the New produces bondage

and death.

The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old

and the completion of everything Jesus came for. That is

why He cried, “It is finished,” and the veil of the temple

was rent in two from top to bottom. The Holy Spirit came

out of an earthly tabernacle made with the hands of man,

never again to live therein. He now lives in my heart and

your heart. Thus the scripture says, “We have this

treasure in earthen vessels” (Second Corinthians 4:7).

My Mission

Foundation Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1-2 and John 15:1-16

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.  John 15:1-16 NKJV

1. Desire—how to find out what God has called you to do.

Psalms 37:4 NKJV—Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Mark 11:22-24 NKJV—So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. 23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

Rodney Howard Browne teaches that the power of desire is born out of faith—out of your heart when you:

• Abide in Him and His words abide in you. (John  15:7)
• 1 Peter 4:11 NKJV—If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• Speak God’s desire out of your mouth—God’s mouthpiece.
• John 15:8 AMP—When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.
• Glorify God by bearing much fruit.
• Remember that the tongue is the rudder of your ship.
• James 3:4 AMP—Likewise, look at the ships: though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines.
• Have a pure heart. Pure desires spring from a pure heart.

d. John 15:7 NKJV—If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

2. What is your desire?

Rodney Howard Browne explains that your desire is that feeling within that is intense; deep; a yearning; your soul crying out; it stirs you; it’s a fire; a passion; coming out of a pure heart.
Pure heart for God—pure desire from God.
Stir up the gift of God—the gracious inner fire.
2 Timothy 1:5-7 NKJV …when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

3. Pastor Rodney Howard Browne teaches how to find your passion.

Habakkuk 2:2-3—write it down; write the vision; it is for an appointed time.
Out of it, will come the plan of God.
Speak it out—set your course through faith and patience.
Stay focused and don’t allow any distractions from your assigned and chosen course.

You cannot think wrongly and live rightly. If you are thinking properly, your life will be on track because the Holy Spirit will enable you to achieve and become what He has in mind. As Christians, “we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16). That means that we have the capacity to think the way the Lord Jesus Christ thinks and to view our circumstances from His perspective.

To see as Christ does is often at odds with how the world sees. For example, to the non-spiritual mind, there appears to be nothing positive about death. But believers know the truth about death and life eternal—for them, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8) Similarly, when we encounter other hardships, we can be thankful because “ . . . we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purposes” (Romans 8:28). But since the world doesn’t understand that, they accuse us of being confused. We’re not confused—knowing what the Scriptures say on the subject, we understand God’s viewpoint, which is truth.

So how can we keep our minds from being confused by the world, cluttered with its vain philosophies, and corrupted by its system? Romans 12:2 tells us, “ . . . Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Just as a computer needs good software, we must program our minds with truth: daily meditation on God’s Word and His principles.

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• Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

• 2.
• Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

• 3.
• Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

• 4.
• I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

• 5.
• That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

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• Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

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• So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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• Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

• 9.
• God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

• 10.
• Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

• 11.
• For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

• 12.
• Now this I say , that every one of you saith , I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

• 13.
• Is Christ divided ? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

• 14.
• I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;

• 15.
• Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

• 16.
• And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.

• 17.
• For Christ sent me not to baptize , but to preach the gospel : not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect .

• 18.
• For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

• 19.
• For it is written , I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

• 20.
• Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

• 21.
• For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe .

• 22.
• For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

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• But we preach Christ crucified , unto the Jews a stumblingblock , and unto the Greeks foolishness;

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• But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

• 25.
• Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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• For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

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• But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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• And base things of the world, and things which are despised , hath God chosen , yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are :

• 29.
• That no flesh should glory in his presence .

• 30.
• But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

• 31.
• That, according as it is written , He that glorieth , let him glory in the Lord.

The world offers us many philosophies from which to select.

We are told that we will be able to mix a not much of this with a little bit of that and make an acceptable belief system. In Colossians, Paul warns us about this dangerous angle. He is saying we are instead to build up our relationship with Christ so we will withstand the world’s deception. Imagine an empty lot with only a cement house foundation on it. That is precisely what our life looks like after deliverance. All of the shaky, humanly designed buildings are removed, and a new foundation Jesus Christ is laid.

For the follower working in the Spirit, each action, motive, and deed builds on the indestructible rock of God’s Son. When we construct a home, we select quality supplies like cedar shingles and brick rather than plastic or wood chips. In the same way, our Christian life must be built with good material service, prayer, sharing our faith, and obedience to God’s instructions. Wrong motives, insubordination, and sinful choices weaken the construction. Building a solid house of religion on the bedrock of Christ is a long process.

As we learn how to communicate with God as our Father, trust Him to worry for us, and meditate on Scripture, we add to our supply of construction apparatus. If we are sensible, we won’t stop working till our last day. A religion house which is erected with righteous actions and angles can’t be blown over by difficulty or penetrated by the wind of fake philosophy. The strength comes not from our effort but from the foundation on which we have built. We stand firm in Jesus Christ.