Welcome to the Voo Church podcast.

In today's message, Beauty for Ashes, Pastor Don Shiree kicks off our collection of talks, Slowburn.

Join us as she explores the work and the wonder found in the wait.

If today's message encourages you, we invite you to go deeper by picking up a copy of Pastor Don Cherey's new book, Slowburn,

available for purchase on Amazon

and other retailers at read Slowburn.com.

Now let's lean into the message together.

I am so happy to be kicking off this collection on Slowburn.

And this has been a message in my heart for quite some time, and I'm going to take some

time to share with you the backstory on it. But I wrote it as a resource. I want nothing more than you to be

encouraged, how much God loves you, that his eye is on you, and to be able to put a resource in

people's hands that maybe they wouldn't pick up a Bible, but they would read someone's story.

That's the power of all of our

Jesus stories. But today I want to read to you from Romans. It says this, therefore, somebody say

therefore, therefore I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God's mercy to offer your bodies

as a living sacrifice. Someone say living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.

This is your true and proper worship. I'm so ready to dive in. I want to talk to you for the next

few minutes on this thought. beauty for ashes. Will you

bow your heads and pray with me? Lord, thank you so much for today. God, with a smile on my face,

God, I have joy because I know what you want to do today in our hearts. Lord, that people who walked in

full of sorrow, people who walked in broken, disappointed, disillusioned with life. Lord, that people who walked in full of sorrow, people who walked in broken, disappointed,

disillusioned with life. Lord, you want to give them an anchor that is hope. And God, we thank you

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