Thank you, Lord. Thank you that we can be in this place, Lord. We thank you that you have

allowed us this time, whether online or in person, that we can come, Lord, and dig into your

word, Lord. Because it's through your word, Lord, that will change our hearts and our minds, Lord.

And we want to be changed, Lord. But in order to do that and we want to be changed Lord but in order to do that

we need to give up our control so would you clear our minds Lord clear anything that is

weighing heavy on our on our shoulders this morning and give it all to you this morning Lord would you guide us

would you speak to us would you translate if need be your word so that we can understand Lord

that we can internalize and take it home with us and be the light amongst those around us

Lord we ask this in the mighty name of Jesus, we say, amen.

Amen.

And good morning.

You can be seated.

So glad you're here.

Welcome.

I want to welcome those of you that are joining us online as well.

So glad that you are real quick before we get started. I want to mention that

this upcoming Tuesday, 7 p.m. here in the sanctuary is our prayer meeting. Really hope

that you'll be able to come out and join with us and pray with us. We have two services

on Sunday mornings, of course, the first of which is the weekly Bible

prophecy update that we've been doing for a number of years now. And then second service,

which will be at 1115 a.m. Hawaii time, for those of you online, that's the sermon,

a verse by verse study through the Bible. And today we're going

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