Thank you, Lord. Would you join me as we pray. Lord, we give you all the praise in the glory, Lord.

Would your story live out in our lives, Lord, as we are outside of these walls, Lord?

Thank you so much, Lord, for this time that we can gather to you and dig into your word, Lord,

expectantly that you would speak to us, right where we are.

Because you know all that we're going through, Lord.

So we thank you for this time.

Pray that what is taught this evening, Lord, Lord would apply it to our lives that we would be changed

that your light would be shining in your name we pray Jesus we say these things amen

amen and amen a good evening and welcome so glad glad you're here. You can be seated.

Those of you online, we're so glad that you're joining us. Trust that you'll all be blessed

that you are. If you don't mind, I want to get right to it. We're making our way through the

second to the last book in the Old Testament, the book of Zachariah.

And tonight, chapter 7.

This because, and I know this is profound, we finished chapter 6 last week, so what comes after 6 is,

how am I doing? to a too soon okay now I

kind of needed that levity maybe before I talk to you about what I need to talk to you about.

And that is that this chapter is very uncomfortable.

And if I'm uncomfortable, I want you to be uncomfortable too.

You know that saying misery loves company? So it is being

uncomfortable. So I want you, you know, don't make yourself comfortable. I want

you uncomfortable tonight. And rightfully so, by the way, as we're going to see,

because this chapter confronts all of us

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