Welcome to the Bethel Church Sermon of the Week.

We hope you enjoy this message by Pastor Chris Vallaton.

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Let's just take a moment to pray.

Father, we thank you so much for what you're doing all over the world.

Lord, in the midst of darkness, you are light. In the midst of deep darkness, you arise.

And so, Lord, we're thankful that our certainty lies in you, in your nature, in your, in your caring fatherhood of us and not in our circumstances.

And Lord, I thank you that you've actually set us in heavenly places far above all

principalities and powers.

So we're not under the circumstances.

We're above them.

And Lord, we bless this day.

And we, and Lord, we declare that this is the day

that you made and that we will rejoice and be glad in it. Amen. Well, I can almost preach about

something totally different. But this subject is being transformed, transformed from the inside out.

And if you'll turn to Genesis chapter 32, I want to share a story with you that actually

is a pretty familiar story.

Bill told this story many years ago in Weaverville really touched me, and it's become just

a part of my own story.

But we're talking about being transformed from the inside out. And how many

know the kingdom within you becomes the kingdom around you? And part of the challenge that Jesus

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