BY HIS MERCIES! When you don't keep up your relationship, (Jesus will be left behind); 1 Corinthians 9:27; But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. Luke 2:41; Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. v43; And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. BY HIS MERCIES! In order to keep your relationship up; Matthew 6:33; But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these things shall be added unto you. Luke 2:46; And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. BY HIS MERCIES! 2 Timothy 3:7; Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Luke 2:49; And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? v50; And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. BY HIS MERCIES! Psalm 119:11; Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Luke 2:51; And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. BY HIS MERCIES! Romans 12:1; I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. BY HIS MERCIES! Overseer/Apostle