Hello and welcome to a special Thursday bonus episode of the Excel Stillmore podcast.

I am still your host, Chris Emerson, and I am still here to encourage you with tips and strategies

to help you grow in your walk with God and build stronger relationships.

Every once in a while, I'll release a shorter episode like this to help you grow in your walk with God and build stronger relationships. Every once in a while,

I'll release a shorter episode like this to give you some extra encouragement. Thank you for joining in.

Let's get started. Hey, welcome back for another Thursday shorter bonus episode. I love today's song, The Hurt and the Healer by Mercy Me.

It gives me chills every time I hear it. In fact, I was just reading the lyrics a little while ago, and this idea of God just breathing life back into us. It's just amazing.

So it is going to be a genuine pleasure to share those lyrics with you today

and just make a few comments along the way.

But first, I want to share with you a few things that are coming up this month.

I'll be preaching in a few places,

but more specifically, there is a tremendous online lecture series that is going to launch

on the 28th of this month. And I want to draw your attention there as well. So first of all,

if you're in any of these locations, I would love to worship God with you on July 19th through

the 21st. That's a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I will be with the North Kentucky Church of Christ just west of Cincinnati.

There are some morning sessions for the teens and evening sessions at worship.

And then the plan is to fly east from there to Raleigh, North Carolina, to be with the Walnut Street Church on the weekend of July 22nd

through 24th. And then the following weekend to end the month, July 29th through the 31st, I hope to be with

the Milwaukee Avenue Church in Lubbock, Texas. I'm pretty certain all three of those locations have special lessons for

the youth, but will also involve congregational worship. If you'd like more information on any of that,

just send me a Facebook message or an email or something, and I'll try to help. All right, I need to

tell you about something else. My friend Kenny Embry, who hosts the podcast

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