Hey church. Well, it is here. It is the week of the year that we celebrate Mother's Day.

Oftentimes people are like, hey, what day is your birthday? In our family, we do birthday

week. Sometimes even birthday month. So really, this should be Mother's Month. That's what I say.

Mother's Month. At least Mother's Week. So this week we have been celebrating Mother's Day.

Hey, wherever you are in the world and whatever day is Mother's Day where you are,

let's take this opportunity to thank our moms. And by the way, not just thinking moms,

natural moms, but within our own community around the world, there are spiritual moms,

women who love and care for children and community members. So thank you to all of the natural

mothers and the spiritual mothers. We love you. I was going to say we wouldn't be here without you,

but that's actually quite literally a fact and the truth. I think about our church,

I think about our mom, my mom, who's kind of like been a mom to so many people in our community

these last 27, 20 years of our church. Hey mom, I love you. Thank you for being such a consistent,

faithful, regal, beautiful woman. I love you. I think women are incredible. I was raised by a strong

woman, a strong mother. And I was also raised by a strong older sister. I just think, mom, you are

a stunning, stunning human. And I want to say thank you and dedicate the next few minutes. We

share some study and some investigation into ancient, holy divine scripture. I want to dedicate

these few moments to you moms all over the world. I want to read a scripture to you in a moment

that is compelling to say the least. Now, you know me, I like to overstate things. Some people are

like, give a problem with line. No, but I love to exaggerate. Okay, exaggeration just adds to

mention, but obviously it could get out of control. So I don't want to say that I'm exaggerating because

I don't think I am. We're going to go to one of the most important statements Jesus ever made

to His 12 disciples. No doubt in my mind. And I'm titling this Mother's Day message, this Mother's

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