Hey everyone good evening how are you it's great to see you here I'm glad you're

here and I want to tell you as your pastor how proud I am of you that you're here,

that you're giving the first of your year to the Lord.

When I look and see that it's completely full

and that we're in overflow with the South Lake campus

and some of the other campuses.

It just excites me.

Excites me tremendously.

So I'm glad you're here.

Thank you very, very much.

Well, we have someone very special with us tonight.

Franklin Graham is the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and also Samaritan's purse.

You probably know about Samaritan's purse, but you might not, but it is one of the largest

missionary organizations in the world. They do the Christmas shoebox things. Some of you

probably done that. This year over 11 million shoeboxes were given to children

in 113 countries.

And this last year, Franklin went to every state capital, all 50 state capitals and and held a prayer

meeting on the steps of all the state capitals and they had a

hundred and seventy eight thousand people in attendance and nine thousand people

accepted Christ.

So, it has been a real joy for me to get to know him and to see the anointing on his life and how he has taken the heritage that God's given him and stepped into the calling that the Lord has given him and literally making a difference

all over the world so will you please give a warm welcome to Franklin Graham Thank you. Well, happy new year to each and every one. It is a privilege to be here tonight.

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