Okay, church, let's stand if you would.

Something different tonight, different.

Seemingly the same, same type study format,

but we're gonna end differently tonight by design.

And so this is where I'm at.

This is our, as I mentioned,

this is our last Wednesday of the year.

And by the time you and I get back together again,

it's gonna be a new year.

And you might say, what's the big deal?

It's just nothing.

It's just another, it's just a year.

I understand that, but to God, it's a big deal.

There's things about it, which is why we have years.

That's why we have seasons.

He's big on this stuff.

To us, you know, we get out of the bed the same way

the new year's eve as we do, new year's day.

But God has set for us times and seasons

that we are to meter or monitor our progress.

And we need to be careful about that.

So tonight has everything to do with that.

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