Hello, family, Tyler here. I wanted to take a moment to invite you to Bridgetown's

8th annual Holy Spirit Conference, January 23rd and 24th at Portland's Keller Auditorium.

The theme of this year's conference is going to be the healing after the healing. We'll be exploring

how the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit

is often just the first step to the deeper, slower, soul-level healing. Like the Man

Born Blind in John 9, each part of us God heals only exposes a deeper part of us awaiting

healing from the same God. And the deepest healing is often the slowest kind.

We're so excited to be joined by contributors like Ruth Haley Barton, Kurt Thompson, Ken Shigamatsu,

and Brooke Lichardwood.

Tickets are available now at Bridgetown.

dot church slash Holy Spirit.

I hope you can join us.

I'm going to be reading from Genesis chapter 11, beginning in verse 10, and extending through

the beginning of chapter 12.

This is the account of Shem's family line.

Two years after the flood, when Shim was 100 years old, he became the father of Arfaxad.

And after he became the father of Arfaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

When Arfaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shailah.

And after he became the father of Shailah, our Faxa lived 403 years and had other

sons and daughters. When Shayla had lived 30 years, he became the father of Iber. And after

he became the father of Iber, Shela lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. When Iber

had lived 34 years, he became the father of Pahlig. And after he became

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