And before we get started, I would like for us to take a moment and pray for Art Chalekam.

For those of you who know Art, he is Yvette's husband, but he's also the deputy director for the Department of Planning and Permitting.

It was a huge help to us in getting our building permit. Well, we

learned today that he was rushed to the emergency room at Straub Hospital and at

6 o'clock went into a three-hour emergency colon surgery. I talked with Yvette

and the concern is for the health of the

tissue in the surgery. So what I'd like to do if you would join with me is just pray for a

successful surgery and a complete recovery. So let's pray for art. Loving Heavenly Father, we're so

thankful to you that we can come to you as the great physician and petition

your throne at times like this and we want to petition your throne on behalf of

art and ask that you

would just guide the hands of the physicians during the surgery, that the surgery would be

a complete success, that the tissue would be okay, that everything would go well, and that the surgery will be complete

and will have a good report to come as well.

Lord, we thank you for Art.

We thank you for Yvette.

We pray your blessing on him, on them, during this time of need. In Jesus' name, amen.

All right, let's get into our study. Second Kings, we left off a couple of weeks ago in chapter 19.

Tonight we're going to take and tackle two chapters, chapter 20 and 21.

So before we jump in, let's again ask God's blessing on our time in His Word and let's

pray.

Father, thank you for your word.

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