How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

You know, it's an undeniable fact that one of the best parts and the hardest parts of being a part of a church family is the people.

Yep people make it a place of joy and pain and it's all mixed together in one and

in this study on through the Bible we're diving into Paul's first letter

to Timothy which is all about how to get along as a church. Dr. J. Vernon McGee is

our teacher and just so you know as a pastor Dr McGee knew all about the dynamics of a local church

and no doubt he'd seen it all and yet he still preached about the grace and mercy of

God able to redeem relationships and restore peace despite the conflict.

1st Timothy chapter 5 is our text as we get on board the Bible bus and continue our

journey through the entire word of God in five years. So turn there now as

we welcome Greg who's here to tell us about God's word and how it's reaching

people with through the Bible in the Middle East. Yeah we're always so excited to talk about the ministry

in the Middle East because just humanly,

you wouldn't expect we'd have that much of a ministry.

Yeah, and there are so many exciting things happening in that part of the world.

Yeah I mean I have heard figures like in the last few decades more Muslims have turned

to Christ than in all of human history. Yes, there are big challenges, there's

persecution, I mean there's life and death, it's very serious, but as you like to

say, but God is at work and today we're going to focus on Turkey because our world prayer team

and we sure hope you're a part of this great team of people.

If you're not on the world prayer team Steve how do they join?

Well you simply go to t t t t.org

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