Well, Gide Church. Hope you're doing well. Pastor John Tyson here. Wanted to let you know this summer,

we are going to be looking at the life of Jesus and why, as it says in John's gospel, we should

believe in him because of the signs he did and how in believing we can have life in his name.

We're going to be looking at Jesus' claims about himself, the I Am statements,

and in the miracles of Jesus, why we can trust him to have power over sin, Satan, death, and hell.

I hope this series stirs your faith and passion to follow Jesus with all of your heart

and in so doing experience the life that he truly offers.

Let's get back to the podcast.

The teaching text today is from the book of Matthew.

It's Matthew 11 versus 25 through 30. And they read, at that time,

Jesus said, I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things

from the wise and learned, and you've revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what

you are pleased to do. All things have been committed to me by my father.

No one knows the son except the father, and no one knows the father except the son,

and those to whom the son chooses to reveal him.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Take my oak upon you and learn from me,

for I am gentle and humble and heart, and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy

and my burden is light. This is the word of the Lord. May be seated. Well, all summer,

we have been journeying through John's Gospel, and I want to wrap this up tonight

because we're going to make a shift from everything we've been talking about so far to the heart

where this has been building for the past 16 weeks. In the end of John's gospel, it says this, in John 2031.

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