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Hey, good morning, guys. It's December 17th. It's Wednesday. I see Mama Christi there in a chat there on

Rumble asking for prayer because of some pain headed to the ER. Father, in Jesus' name,

Father, we lift her up right now. We pray in Jesus' name that you would release the kingdom of God. And, Lord, your word would be effective in her to bring everything in order. Lord, with this pain that she's feeling. I pray for everybody who's listening this morning, Lord, who's dealing with something physical. Lord, I pray that you would touch them, heal them, comfort them, encourage them, knowing that their bodies are not their own. They belong to you. And so, Father, I pray for healing over her. I pray for healing over all these others, Lord, who may be able to hear my voice right now. Lord, I just pray in Jesus' name for the healing power of Christ to be released in them in Jesus' name. Amen. Hey, guys, welcome this morning. We've been working our way

through the book of Acts. We're in chapter 12. I mean, it's always moving kind of quick. I see you

guys there in the live chat. Thank you for participating and thank you for joining in prayer.

That's one of the places that we can come together and ask for prayer. And I pray that you will do

that and just be faithful to one another. It's a beauty of being. one of the places that we can come together and ask for prayer. And I pray that you will do that

and just be faithful to one another. It's a beauty of being part of Christ's church is that we

have the opportunity and the privilege really to lift each other up in prayer. So I'm praying

for you, Mama Christy. And God bless you. We'll continue to do that throughout the day.

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I'm telling you, man, the power of prayer is real. Use promo code CHAD. I spell at chat at first cup.com. In fact, my first cup is now empty. Anyway, we'll get through it. All right, Acts Chapter 12, you guys with me. I'm reading from the NIV. and this is, I'm so, I want to jump right into this because there's going to be tempting for me to go long today.

And I don't want to go long, but I'm telling you there's so much here that I want to just absolutely lay it on you.

Verse one, reading from the new international version of Acts 12.

It says it was about this time that

king herod arrested some who belonged to the church intending to persecute them i like how one

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