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Hey, folks. It's so good to see you today. I'm so happy to get to be together. I want to welcome you if you're joining us online as well. We're happy to have you too. I want to go ahead and invite you to just buckle up because today's message, there's a bunch of hot takes in it, and I have exactly zero jokes for you. I have zero funny stories, but I do have a lot

of Bible. So did you guys come ready for the Bible today? I hope so. Ready or not, that's what you're going to get,

okay? The last few weeks, we have been talking about fighting for your family, and we've used

this language of war because we have a very real enemy that we are fighting against, an enemy that is ruthless, and he's coming

after to destroy our families. The Bible says that we have this enemy, the devil, and he prowls

around like a roaring lion seeking for those that he can devour. So he is a ruthless enemy,

and this, he would love for you to think

that it's actually your spouse who is your enemy.

And he'd love for you to think that it's,

it's your teenager that is your enemy.

But they are not your enemy.

And what happens is that sometimes we can start

fighting against our families instead of fighting

for our families. And today we need to remember who our real enemy is and be ready to fight

against him. So I'm just going to tell you up front that a lot of what I'm going to say today

is going to fly in the face of popular opinion.

Okay? And there might be a moment in this message where you're like, that girl is so out of

touch with reality. Like that's just not how it works. But what I'm hoping to do today is to bring

us back to something that is more real than anything that this world is

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