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Matthew chapter 18 verse 20.

Jesus says, for where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.

All right, so I gotta be honest, I want to lead us to pray according to this text,

but I also want to take advantage of an opportunity to... to

to correct, to point out what is one of the most misinterpreted,

misapplied verses, I think in all the Bible. It is so common when I am in

different worship gatherings for somebody to say in that worship gathering, well we know that we're two or three gathered.

Jesus is there since we've got two or three here.

We can know Jesus is here.

I just want to encourage you if you've ever said that.

I don't say that again.

I think about it.

Whenever I hear that I think, well, what about when I was in my prayer closet

alone this morning?

Like did that mean Jesus was waiting for somebody else

to show up before he came into the picture?

And how many people does it take for Jesus to show up at a prayer meeting?

How about one?

Like Jesus is not saying, once you got two or three together

count me in. Once you've got a quorum I'll be there. Like that's not the point of this

passage. The point of this passage, this verse, Jesus just spent time talking about the hard work of

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