Well, hey there, friends, welcome back to the morning mindset.

You know, you are like me, you probably feel like a pretty ordinary person.

Nothing super special about you, but you just feel like God has his hand on your life.

Well, today we're going to be reading about 12 ordinary men who God called out

of their ordinary life to take part in something spectacular. And the good news is you and I have been

called into exactly the same adventure. Welcome, we are going through our series called God's

story. We are in episode number 35 of that series right now

and we'll be looking at the Gospel of Mark chapter 3 verses 14 through 19. So please take out your

Bibles, take out your morning mindset journals. We will be getting to that in just a moment. Before we

do though, I want to thank today's episode sponsors, a couple Theo and Laura,

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Okay, as I mentioned, we're going to be digging into Mark Chapter 3, so get out your Bibles, and I invite you right now to pray with me

as we prepare our hearts to receive from God's Word. So, Lord, that's exactly what we want

to do, receive what you have for us from your Word, so help us as we read

the Gospel of Mark to understand your voice as you speak to us.

We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

Okay, Mark chapter 3, 14 through 19, it says,

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