Well, it is a tremendous honor to be with you guys. I do want to welcome all of our gateway

campuses. We're thrilled to have you with us. And I just want to say to you all, I hope that you don't take what's going on here for granted

because there ain't nothing normal about this place.

I mean not at all.

What God is doing here is significant and your

pastors, Pastor Robert Debbie, do you talk about godly leadership? The elders are some of

the most praying people that I've ever seen.

David Smith has been a mentor to me for years where I live, he's legendary.

And it's, I'm telling you, you guys have grown like 5,000 people in a month that just never ever happened

this is a result of the goodness of God.

I'd like to give you guys just a moment to honor Pastor Robert and the elders, the leaders of the church.

Tell them thank you for who they are, what they're doing.

Tremendous blessing in every way. Todd was talking about our use of technology and innovation.

What's really cool to me is Pastor Robert is in his ministering today teaching in

London at Hillsong church, but he's also teaching for me

so we swapped pulpit now you say how does that happen he came in and actually

recorded two messages we put him in his studio and so we're playing his message this weekend and next weekend.

It's quite phenomenal to message.

The only difference is I'm preaching for him, I'm working all weekend at my church, we just

press play, and then he's speaking so anyway it's kind of

of neat that he's there and in London today so your pastor's preaching all over the place

and kind of cool so if you have your Bibles with you today let's open them to

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