The following message is by Pastor John Piper.

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Please turn with me to the book of Romans chapter 9 verses 1 through 5.

I am telling the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of

the brethren, my kinsman according to the flesh, who are Israelites, to whom belongs

the adoption as sons and the glory and the covenants and the

giving of the law and the temple service and the promises, whose are the fathers and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh who is overall.

God bless it forever.

Amen.

Let's pray together.

Son of man, prophesy to these dry bones and say to them dry bones,

here the word of the Lord.

What an amazing statement in Ezekiel 37 Father.

Say to dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Dry bones can't hear the word of the Lord unless the word of the Lord creates life.

So Father, I pray that you would create life.

Give an ear to hear, Lord, and help me to be a faithful proclaimer of the word of God.

Don't leave me to myself and don't leave these people to yourself, oh God. Without your Holy Spirit, I can't speak what I ought to speak or how I ought to speak.

And without the Holy Spirit, we will not hear, feel, think, believe, act the way we should.

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