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people who are passionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ being proclaimed in this nation and

beyond. Without them, Harvest Ministries could not even exist. We call them Harvest Partners.

There are people who have chosen to give monthly to harvest to keep the gospel moving forward.

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Let's pray. Father, we're so glad that you never, never gave up on us, and you love us,

and you're working in our lives, and you have a plan for our lives that far exceeds,

perhaps even our wildest dreams. And that plan ultimately is good for your glory. So we pray now that as we open your word that you will speak to us

and that we will be encouraged to offer ourselves in service to you. So bless this time of Bible study,

we pray in Jesus' name we ask this. Amen. All right, you can all be seated.

Why don't you grab your Bibles and turn to Luke chapter 6?

And the title of my message is God's unlikely heroes.

And this is our new series in the Gospel of Luke that we're calling the Gospel for everyone.

So I heard a story of a guy who was walking down

the beach here in Southern California. He saw something shiny embedded in the sand. He reached

down and he picked it up and brushed the sand off and a genie appears. True story. The genie says,

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