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Good morning. Thanks for. Be seated. Good morning.

I'm about to say good morning and I'm going to be expecting a response. I'm warning you in advance

so I don't catch you so horribly off guard. Good morning. Thank you. Thank you. I feel better.

That spontaneous response always excites me. I have one little funny to read. Can you imagine going to heaven talking to martyrs, other heroes in the

faith that have died for the Lord? And then when they ask you how you died, you have to explain that

you choked on a sandwich. Don't be that guy, chew your food. All right. That's your word of wisdom for the day. Don't be that guy chew your food all right that's that's your word of wisdom for the day

don't be that guy chew your food all right um open your bibles to first timothy chapter two

we're going to use that to start with because i need to set kind of a precedent, a backdrop for what we're

going to study. We're going to look at two portions of scripture in the book of Acts, chapter 8 and

chapter 14. One of the most common mistakes that I see in church life with us as believers is that because God is so good

at using a negative situation, people often come to the conclusion that he is the author of the

negative situation. For example, there are times you'll see someone will be very sick, a family member,

and they will be maybe in the hospital for a season.

It caught them off guard.

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