All right.

Anybody glad to be in church today?

Anybody, anybody?

Me too.

I love the local church, and we're so glad that all of you guys are here.

We're in week number six of a seven-part series that we're calling Disciple.

And I'll tell you more about that in just a second.

But I always

like to still begin formally by saying hello to all of our locations across the great state of

Alabama and into Georgia. And then also, we're in 26 of Alabama's Department of Corrections

facilities right now with hundreds of volunteers that are serving the men and women there.

We are so grateful. What an honor it is to be with you. And of course, we always have a church

family that watches us online, perhaps, for whatever reason, while you're home or away.

We're glad you're with this or our own demand. Grants Mill, like you've never done it before.

Come on, say the biggest hello. Oh, yeah. Thank you. And I have to tell you

one thing before we get into the message today, and that is I had one of the best days of my life

yesterday. If you're new to our church, you need to know that one of the deepest passions of my

life is the fact that God led us in 2011 to start this

university that now is just growing with momentum, Highlands College. This past year we received

our accreditation. Can I get an amen, everybody? And yesterday we had our commencement ceremony,

and I was just tears streaming down my face as we had the color guard

and we honored America and as these graduates were sent into that harvest field and it's just

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