We passionately pursue growth and God.

So we enthusiastically receive the Word of God because we have an expectation that the word that is taught is going to come to pass.

So I need my, y'all are a little quiet today. I need my amans.

All right. Mark chapter 16 verse 17 says, and these signs will accompany those who believe in my name,

they will drive out demons.

They will speak in new tongues.

They will pick up snakes with their hands, and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all.

They will lay their hands on sick people,

and they will get well. I want to stop the reading of scripture there and talk from this subject and our time together. Two words of the topic of today's teaching. Very simply, access granted.

If you receive that, put your hands on it.

Come on.

Access granted.

As I was working this week, I came across a story that I feel like might be salient for today's sermon.

There was a man who deeply and desperately desired to take his first cruise.

This man was not in the financial position to be able to pay for the cruise immediately,

so he began to save incrementally.

Over a period of 16 months, he scrapped together and he saved in order that he might be able

to accumulate the appropriate number of resources to go on his crews.

And as a result of his resiliency and his consistency,

one day he had enough resources to book his crews.

He's excited about his crews.

He's expected for his crews. He is enthusiastic about his crews. He's expected for his crews. He is enthusiastic about his cruise.

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