Would you join me in a word prayer?

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you so much, Lord.

I think that's all I can say this morning, Lord.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all that you do, Lord.

We lift our voices up to you this morning, Lord.

And pray that you would

draw us near to you, Lord.

Thank you for your teaching, Lord.

Thank you for the leaders of this church, Lord.

Pray that you'll be with Pastor J.D.

As he stands up here, ever so faithfully

and delivers your word Lord continue to watch over

and guide him again thank you Lord in Jesus name pray amen amen good morning you can be seated

welcome so glad you're here trust that you'll be blessed that you've

come. The same for those of you joining us online. Before we get started, I want to actually

very excited about announcing what we're going to be doing on Thursday. We have a very special guest, Pia Bomber, from Switzerland.

I've known her for a number of years now. We've stayed in contact over the years, and

I've invited her to come and share. And I'm looking forward to the privilege of discussing

with her about the ministry of bringing Jesus to the

Red Light District there in Switzerland as well as some other interesting and related topics.

So here's the drill. We're going to be up here. We're going to get started right at seven

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