Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, President of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible. I'm ready eager for this study for those watching wherever you are. Thank you for

joining us by whatever means you're watching this and you can't see we've got a large room here

full just jam-packed with men who've come to study the Bible with me so So it would be a great encouragement to your heart.

I know if you were able to see what I'm looking at right now,

or at least for the most part.

So, with a few exceptions.

So, having said that, I'm ready to dive in, hope you're ready to dive in.

Hope you're ready to dive in, hope you got your knife and fork ready to cut into the meat of the word with me so let me begin in a word of prayer

Father in heaven we love you we adore you, we

we magnify your name above every name.

We ascribe to you honor and glory and power and

and dominion.

We acknowledge that all things are from you and through you and to you.

That you have exalted your throne in the heavens. Your sovereignty rules overall that you are holy holy and the

whole earth is full of your glory and so Father, we just delight in you.

You are our greatest joy, you are our comfort, you are our strength, our guidance. our So as we look now into your word, we need to be instructed, we need to be taught.

None of us have arrived yet in our journey with you.

There's still yet more of Christ- likeness that we need to become. So I pray that you would use this study to further shape us, mold us, deepen us in the image of Christ. We pray this in his name, amen.

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