Thank you very much. It's great to be with you. The reason I said yes to this

invitation is because I want to come visit my dad. That's why I said that and he's

dead.

He died in March.

And so I decided I'd come anyway because I keep my word.

But that's why I said yes,

if you want to get me coming to a breakfast.

The second reason I came was now, because of these grits.

I don't eat breakfast. I only do grapefruit juice for breakfast, but that's not a breakfast. That's a phenomenon.

At least for me, I don't ever see spreads like that anywhere.

So I ate breakfast this morning.

And I'm going to tell my wife and she'll be very envious.

She's from Georgia.

I'm from South Carolina. They don't do grits in Minnesota. In fact, they look at them and why would you eat that?

Like, fufu.

Let's pray together.

Father in heaven, thank you so much for these brothers and sisters who are here to focus not on me or

grits or church even but on Christ.

We want to see you more clearly,

I'm going to love you more dearly, we want to follow you more nearly and want to do it day by day.

And so help me now to open your word in a way that will encourage these pastors.

Please guide me, Lord, helping you choose the things to say that would be an honor to you and a strengthening to them, help me to leave out the things

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