Let's pray together.

Father, I know that all of us would like to stand where I stand just to say,

thank you for keeping us.

Thank you for giving us measures of peace and joy and love and life. And so I speak on behalf of all of us and the choir.

Thank you for keeping us.

The steps of a man are established by the Lord when he delights in his way and when he falls he will not be cast headlong

Because the Lord upholds his hand.

So receive our thanks for your keeping power.

I ask this now in Jesus name,

amen.

Amen.

Thank you so much for inviting me and letting me come.

Thank you for Pastor Kidd and for all the staff

and especially for Bobby who's been hosting me in this weekend.

It's been a thrill to be a part of the conference yesterday and now to cap this off to be with you in this worship service is really remarkable.

In fact, one of the,

pulled my phone out because I'm going to read you an email,

one of the gifts that my church gave me when I left two weeks ago after 33 years

was a promise that the staff they had assigned one person for every day, would

pray for me every day for the next year. And Amanda is appointed for today.

And Amanda wrote me what she was praying for you because I told her on Tuesday

where I was going to be this Sunday. I want to read you what you're being prayed

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