Thank you, thank you, thank you for allowing me the honor of helping you learn God's Word.

Pastor Mark Driscoll here from Real Faith.

Happy to report.

We're now seeing over a billion impressions a year staggering as God's Word is going faster and further than ever.

I'm really excited to help you learn the scriptures,

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Really excited and honored to have you. Good news.

You made it through 2020.

Congratulations, you did it.

Bad news.

2021 is pretty much the same.

Amen?

It's like the purge part one and the purge part two.

It's hard to pick which one was worse.

And this is where this time between last year and what appears to be

this year is the perfect time for this sermon series on prayer. Last year, it was prayer that God

really used to supernaturally lead me, my family, and our church family. It was about this time

last year. And I know many of you are new. And I was thinking, hey, everything's healthy, the economy's strong. You know, nobody's wearing a mask. We get to go outdoors. Crazy stuff. Remember the days? And I thought, you know, it's probably time to look at new real estate for the church and to take on some other, you know, more risky, maybe opportunities. And I prayed and God spoke to me and said,

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