We're so grateful to be in God's house today.

And if you're here for the first time, my name is Pastor Darius, and I've got the privilege of being lead pastor here.

Hopefully you feel welcome.

You feel the presence of God.

And we're grateful to have you with us today.

I teach in series, and so I take a book of the Bible theme of the Bible or a character in

the Bible we explore what the Bible has to say about it and we apply it to our day-to-day

lives and I'm starting a new series on today that we're going to be in in several weeks

and I want to for several weeks and so I want to read a verse of scripture found in

2 Corinthians chapter number 2 beginning at verse number

number 5 beginning at verse number 17.

Here's my prayer target for those of you who will be praying over this series with us.

Two things.

One, that there would be this awakening awakening this newfound awareness of what God's

goal is in spiritual growth that there would be a reset that that we would be open to God

reintroducing the idea and the concept of spiritual growth to us and then two that as a result of

that awakening that there would be this acceleration in our growth.

How many know God is an accelerator?

I said, how many know God is an accelerator?

He can get you further faster.

So let's just be praying over that.

In 2 Corinthians chapter number 5, verse 17 says, therefore if anyone is in Christ,

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