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Before I read Psalm 343, let me just remind you if you've not already, if you're listening to this

on April 23rd, that secret church is tonight. Secret church.org, if you're not already signed up,

I would encourage you to be a part of it. Thousands of people from every state and the United States

countries around the world, Cambodia, Indonesia, Peru, Zambia, so many different countries coming

together to pray, dive into the word, and see God's purpose for our lives. So secret church.org,

let me encourage you to be a part tonight. Psalm 34 verse 3. Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together. So here's why I've gotta read this verse and lead us in prayer

according to it. This is the theme verse for my marriage. On Heather and I, we're getting married,

we chose this verse to summarize our prayer for our marriage. Oh, magnify the Lord with me,

and let us exalt his name together. The purpose of marriage is magnification of the Lord.

It's a joining of two people for this one purpose to magnify the Lord, exalt his name together.

Two people who are saying, I want to exalt his name in my life, you want to exalt his name in your

life. So let's do this together. And so this has been the theme of our marriage. And so I want to

pray this over marriages represented in those who are listening right now. And then I want to

pray this over the church. So in a broader way than just marriage, that we would see the theme

of the church, our local churches, and us together in the broader church. Oh, magnify the Lord

with me and let us exalt his name together. This is what we exist for. This is why we're joined

together as brothers and sisters in Christ in local churches in the broader church that we might

magnify the Lord together that God might receive more glory through us, all of us together

than he would any of us individually. There's a picture of what happens when people come together

to exalt his name. So, oh, God, I pray for every husband and wife, every marriage represented

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