And we get started. We do need to pray again for Mark Brandel. He is as we speak back in the hospital

tonight. So I want to read you the text messages and I think you'll kind of get an idea here

of what is happening. So he sent me this. This is earlier today. Hi Pastor, I'm back in Straub with an

elevated and irregular heartbeat. They're thinking about doing an ablation where they freeze or

cauterize key points on the heart to get the rate and rhythm normal.

They can do that through an artery, through either the arm or leg.

I have to stay overnight, and so I won't be at service night.

Of course, he's bless his heart.

Now, he sent me another one after I responded earlier this evening. He said, thanks, Pastor. The latest word

is no ablation, a cardiac electrophysiologist, wants to try medication and possibly a pacemaker.

I'll know more tomorrow. I'll be missing tonight's service. It's okay. You can miss tonight's service. So why don't we

pray for Mark and just really petition the throne on his behalf. So why don't you join with me?

Loving Heavenly Father, we're ever so grateful to you once again that when we have a situation like this,

we can come to you in prayer as the great physician.

And by faith, even though our faith is maybe only the size of a mustard seed,

we can pray and ask you for your healing touch for our brother.

Lord, would you specifically give the physicians wisdom from above

supernaturally so that they might be able to correctly diagnose and treat Mark's heart condition.

Would you, even now, tonight as he sits in the hospital room, would you just comfort him and encourage him and Laura with him?

And Lord, return him to us.

And Lord, just remove whatever it is.

And somehow just heal his heart, pray in Jesus name amen all right so on

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