Thank you for that wonderful introduction. And it's a delight to be here. Again,

this evening, Pastor Roberts actually in Amarillo preaching at Trinity, and so we're swapping pulpit tonight.

It's a delight to be back here with you.

Let me say now, God put us together, myself and also Pastor Tom Lane and our church in Amarillo along with Gateway Church and

the Lord has connected my heart to Pastor Robert's heart. I very very much believe in Gateway

Church and the reason that I'm here tonight I very, very much believe in Gateway Church.

And the reason that I'm here tonight is because God, God has really told me to invest in this church.

And I just want to remind you one more time that, and I this every time I come and I'm going to

probably say it every time I come so just get used to it. There's a special call

on Pastor Robert and there's a special call on this church to reach the Dallas

Metroplex. My family all lives in Dallas except for my

daughter and her husband, my son and his wife, my parents, my brothers, my wife's family,

they all live in Dallas. We've been coming here for many years.

When I come to Dallas, my heart aches. When I drive around the Dallas Metroplex,

there are not enough churches in Dallas for the people who are here and there are not enough good churches in Dallas Texas.

And I'll tell you one thing.

Dallas needs a church that would shake this place, that would shake the metroplex and bring hundreds of thousands of souls to Christ.

Dallas is a strategic city. This is a place that God wants and it's a place the devil wants and

God is going to have Dallas, Texas. And I know that I'm supposed to pastor an

Amarillo for the rest of my life, but I also know that we are supposed to invest in this church

to see many many many thousands of people come to Christ to be a part of this

wonderful church and so we we believe that these are humble beginnings in this

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