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Hi everybody. Max Lakato here from my home to yours.

Thanks so much for joining me for today's encouraging word.

May God's richest blessings be upon you today.

I mean that.

May he surprise you with kindness and blessings.

We need them.

These are tough days.

These are hard days.

These are challenging days.

And I want you to know that God is present with you, present with you, no matter what feelings you are feeling or circumstances you are facing.

You are still within the great presence of God. I wrote a book earlier

this year. It's called You Are Never Alone. I wrote the book prior to the pandemic, never imagining

that the whole globe would be facing a sense of isolation and loneliness.

So I'm grateful that in God's providence, he put it on my heart to talk about the severity

of loneliness in life through the Gospel of John.

I looked at the miracles in the Gospel of John.

And I believe the promise of the miracles of the Gospel of John is that you're stronger than you think

because God is nearer than you could ever know.

I want us to journey through John's Gospel.

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