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I have a confession to make for you guys this morning. When I first found out I was speaking,

I was like, all right, Lord, what are you saying? The second thing I asked, you're going to make fun of me for the rest of my life. And you're going to be like, what, this guy? And my second question is, what am I going to wear? You're like, what? I'm like, yeah, I was voted best dress in high school. I'm the guy that thinks about that kind of thing. And so I asked, what was I going to wear?

And then I remembered a moment where I came, you know, I get it. Dan's, Dan doesn't stop laughing

at me about this. So I was going to wear, no, let me back up here for a second. I remember a

story where I wore a suit to church in Reading at Bethel. And I wore it because I was like,

I want to feel like I'm not in Reading. And so I wore the suit. And I was like, I'm going to go

church in a suit. And the Nicolettes came out to do you very quickly. And they said, we are never

going back to that. And so I never wore a suit again. And I was like,

you know what? I threw suit pants on today. And I was like, I'm going to wear suit pants.

Then I remember that story. And I was like, no, I'm not doing anything with a suit on Sunday morning.

Kathy's like, thumbs up. Good call. So I'm a lot cozier than I probably would have been, so that's good.

Oh, man, but I'm excited this morning, eager to share what I feel like the Lord is saying to me about

this, but I know you're ready to go to brunch. And so I will go fast. The water bottle is the timer.

If I drink, you leave. If I don't drink, you're staying.

But I'm excited. Something crazy when you're thinking about brunch, my brain immediately goes to

buttermilk souffle pancakes with the hazelnuts and the glades. Someone shipped me delicious

coffee from Sweden. It was at my door yesterday night

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