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Thank you.

Well, it's a great honor to be here.

I've been looking forward to being with you very, very much.

And it's interesting, before I jump into the Bible, the nation has a great need, particularly

for fathers and the fatherhood of God.

For the first time in the nation's history, the majority of children born to women, 30 years

of age and younger, those children are born out of wedlock and 40% of kids tonight go

to bed without a father.

And a lot of you single moms are carrying a double responsibility and a burden and a

load.

And when God chose to reveal Himself to us, He could have chosen any one of a number of

images and He chose father.

And He fills that role of father and He claims that He is even a father to the fatherless.

And what He does is He also raises up spiritual fathers, men who have the father's heart and

want to see people born again through Jesus Christ, want to see them grow up and raised

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