The topic for us this afternoon is it's time to expose it.

And so as we go through this particular teaching on today, it's my prayer that I will finish it. I never finish when

I get up here. I tend to start something because I teach in series. I'm accustomed to doing that.

But I want to try to finish because I really want to compliment the dialogue from last Sunday.

And I believe that it will strengthen all of us now you'll listen to me

everybody has a past is this correct and that we have all messed up we have not done it

God's way and so the teaching is not designed to bring condemnation, but it is to shed

light on something that many of us have been engaged in, and it serves to our detriment.

Everybody has a past. What we do is learn from the past.

We don't allow the past to define us.

It is not our counselor.

But it should be a tutor in that there's something that we learned from the experiences of the past.

And please understand, a mistake not learned from, an ungodly choice not learned from, an unwise

choice not learned from, will be repeated.

The goal today is to not repeat the sins of our past, those things that dishonored God. I want to teach

you a little bit about how to be presentable. Father, we thank you for this time that you've allowed

us to be in this place, whether streaming in, Father, or in person. And God, we thank you that

you know the human heart. And God, you have a word to speak to us.

We thank you that your power is present today to bring healing. You never bring guilt, shame,

and condemnation, Father, but you bring the truth of your word to bring healing to our lives and God that we want to be

presentable in your sight we want to be to the praise of your glory and so thank you for arresting

our attention and captivating us by the power of the holy spirit thank you for circumcising our

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