Would you join me as we pray, Lord, you are so good. You are so good, Lord. We thank you so much, Lord, for allowing us this time that we could be here to get into your word, Lord.

For whatever it is that you have for us this morning, Lord, we pray that it would be received, Lord. So would you prepare us, prepare our hearts, Lord, prepare our minds, guard our minds, Lord.

Would you please protect our thoughts, Lord, help us to take captive every thought that comes into our mind, Lord, to your obedience, Lord.

And Lord, speak to us this morning in your word we pray, Lord, continue to give passage 80.

All that is needed, Lord, to stand in your will

for His life, Lord, and to be a blessing for us. This year, church, Lord, we pray. In Jesus'

name, amen. Amen. Amen and amen. And good morning and welcome. And don't sit down yet.

Those of you online, you're probably already sitting down.

That's why we can't see you.

The reason is because we're doing this.

We're going to get right into the word.

And we from the Old Testament stand for the reading of God's Word.

That's where it originated.

But for those of you that are more comfortable sitting,

please take your seat at this time.

You can follow along as I read starting in chapter 3, verse 20 of the Gospel of Mark.

And Lord willing, we're going to make it through to verse 30.

Mark continues by the Holy Spirit and he's moving fast and he writes, then Jesus entered

a house and again a crowd gathered. Keyword again, so that he and his

disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take

charge of him, for they said he's out of his

mind. Some of your versions rendered, he's beside himself. He's talking to himself. He's hearing

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