All right, well good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings.

We have two, the first of which is our Bible prophecy update.

And then second service is the sermon, which is a verse by verse study through the Word of God.

We're currently in the book of Hebrews, actually almost done with the book of Hebrews.

And today our text is going to be chapter 13. We're going

to start in verse 17 and we're going to make our way all the way through verse 17.

So I know one verse today. You'll see why I hope shortly. So for those of you that

are able, may I ask you

to stand, you can follow along as I read our lengthy text today, if not where you're seated,

is fine. But the writer of Hebrews by the Holy Spirit writes, have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority because they keep watch over

you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden,

for that would be of no benefit to you. We're going to do a 12-week series on this one verse

here, if you don't mind.

I'm kidding, you know that I am.

Let's pray if you would, please join with me.

Father Nevin, thank you for your word.

I mean, this is your word, and every word is here for a reason, inspired certainly, and sometimes for rebuke, exhortation, encouragement,

direction, all of the above. And such is the case with this verse that we have before us today.

But Lord, now what we need desperately is for your Holy Spirit to be our teacher as you speak

into our lives in and through your word clearly this verse is in our Bibles for a reason and we need

for the Holy Spirit to show us what that is.

And Lord, when the Holy Spirit does, we want the Holy Spirit to be met with ears that hear,

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