Most of the world has to trust God to make it through the day.

And I believe that that incredible gift that has been given to us, I don't know that it's been

withdrawn, but I think we've begun a season that is going to require more of us. And so I'm just inviting you to join

me, not out of fear, out of preparation. You don't put a seatbelt on when you

travel because you're frightened, you do it for preparation and I want to

be certain that you're prepared and not presumptive.

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In this session my title is God said and I believe. I find there's a huge gap between those two things. I hear it a lot within myself and I hear it in my interaction with people. People will say to me without any embarrassment, they don'tinch they'll say you know I I know what the

Bible says but I believe and you know I'm always fascinated because like let's ignore

what God said I what is it that you believe I mean let's set Let's

set aside the creator of heaven and earth and focus on what one of us that grew up in

middle Tennessee thinks.

And it would be easy to imagine that that's a 21st century problem because we're so sophisticated.

But the Bible suggests to us, in fact it gives us very clear indication that that's been a problem with humanity from the beginning.

That we know what God says, we know his opinion, we know his direction, but we intend to assert our own will.

And it isn't helpful.

So one of the great benefits of reading your Bible is it gives us

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