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I like to start with something funny, and I heard about this young lady. She took her fiance home to meet her parents.

The dad said, son, tell me about yourself. What do you do? He said, I'm a Bible

scholar. The dad said, that's great, but how are you going to provide a living for my daughter? He said,

I'm going to study the Bible and I know God will provide. He said, yeah, but how are you going to

afford an engagement ring for her? He said, I'm going to focus on my studies, and I know God will provide.

He said, in a few years, you all may have children.

How are you going to provide for those children?

He said, sir, don't worry, God will provide.

Later that night, the man's wife asked him how the talk with their future son-in-law went.

He said, not good.

He has no plans, no job, and he thinks that I'm God.

Hold up your Bibles. Say it like you mean it.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess, my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,

I will never be the same. In Jesus name, God bless you. I want to talk to you today about accepting people for who they are.

When we get into relationship with someone, it's easy to try to make them into who we want

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