Praise the Lord. Would you join me as we pray. Lord, we thank you. We thank you so much, Lord,

that you have blessed us with such a beautiful place, Lord. A beautiful church, both building, Lord,

and the people who are here. Lord, would you bless our time together in your word in Revelation,

the last book, Lord. Last chapter. Lord, thank you so much for this time. Give us clarity where we need book, Lord. Last chapter.

Lord, thank you so much for this time.

Give us clarity where we need clarity, Lord, understanding.

And would you just speak to our heart this morning, Lord?

We thank you so much, Lord.

Continue to give Pastor J.D. the strength that only you can give him, Lord. That he will continue, Lord, to preach your word.

Lord, so thank you for this time together. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. And amen. And good

morning and welcome. You can be seated. So glad you're here. Trust that you'll be blessed

that you came. Those of you

joining us online, the same. We're blessed that you're joining us and trust that you'll be blessed

as well. We're going to get right to it. We're in the last chapter of the last book of the Bible.

And today's text is going to be just the first five verses of the last chapter chapter 22 so I know you just sat down

I don't want you to have feelings like you're in a Catholic church,

but would you stand back up again for the reading of God's word? If not, no worries. It's cool.

Where you're seated is fine. Only five verses.

John is going to continue now to write as he was commanded to by the Holy Spirit what He's shown.

And He says verse 1, then the angel showed me the river of the water of life as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of life as clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God and of the land down

verse 2 the middle of the great street of the city on each side of the river use your God-given imagination here stood the

tree of life bearing 12 crops of fruit yielding its fruit every cycle now some of

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