It may demand of us to give up our pristine dreams of how we thought it should go

and invite God into the midst of the mess in which we find ourselves.

Folks, there's a battle raging in the earth. And we can hide in the corners in the shadows and whisper about it

and pray nobody notices we're there or we can raise our hand and say god here i am send me let's go

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.

We're going to begin a new conversation for the next two or three sessions, talking about

finishing our race, and particularly in this session, the challenge of our faith, it's challenging.

Did you know that?

I had a meeting today with an Iranian pastor and a leader of pastors from Armenia and Iran.

We got to sit down for a bit.

And they were very enthusiastic about what's happening in Iran.

They said there's an opportunity for freedom

and the leadership there.

They said, you know, they worship demons.

And I mean, it know, they worship demons.

And I mean, it was, they were very grateful for the opportunity of the spiritual change,

but also very uncertain about next.

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