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 want to welcome those here watching on live stream or delayed broadcast.

Thank you for joining us wherever you are around the country, around the world.

Thank you for being a part of this study.

I think you'll find this a really good study.

So, I want to begin a word of prayer.

Father, any time we open your word, we are mindful that we need to have our heart challenged,

our minds renewed, our lives conformed yet further into the image of Christ and so we ask that you

would do that today may your Holy Spirit truly be the primary teacher. We ask for illumination to open our eyes. We might

see the truth of your word. Help us with even application in Christ's name.

Amen.

All right.

So Tim, you got that biscuit finally open now?

Okay, all right.

I knew that was bothering you.

It actually was.

I thought if I prayed long enough you'd finally,

kind of a filibuster, you'd finally get it out.

Okay, yeah, I just hope we're not interrupting you, Tim.

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