Pastor Mark Driscoll here, welcoming you to the podcast. I've been teaching the Bible for more than 30 years,

and real faith is an extraordinary ministry with a great team. It's not a big team, but they're making a big difference at a big impact. And we'd love you to preferably consider partnering with us, especially with a one-time or ongoing recurring gift.

All the proceeds will help us get Bible teaching out, and our hope, prayer, and goal is next

year to get to total reach, impressions included, of a billion plus people hearing about Jesus

Christ through Bible teaching.

Your prayers, your partnership would help us to do more and more and more.

And so in advance, thank you for your partnership.

Well, howdy, and welcome to church.

It is so good to see you.

We love you.

We're glad to have you.

And I hope you had a great Thanksgiving week with your family.

I sure did.

I mean this with all sincerity as we were singing and worshiping,

and I'll jump into the sermon in a moment.

I just want to say thank you on Thanksgiving.

I'm very thankful for our church family.

Very, very, very thankful for you.

And I got a hike in the woods this week and spent the first hour or so

just listing all the things and people that I was grateful for and appreciative of as we're heading

into this Thanksgiving season and then of course Christmas. And I mean this from the bottom of my heart.

Thank you for being a wonderful, generous, loving, joyful church family. Thank you for being easy to love and easy to like

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