Yay, thank you so much. Oh, it's good to see everyone. What a beautiful church. What a beautiful church. What a beautiful site. And, hey, listen, I just want to say, I love your pastor. You know, the highest regard and respect for him, I believe he is one of the most important voices in a time in which

we live. It's true. Brings clarity from the word conviction, courage embodies it, and what great

leadership there about commitment to prayer. So, so important. So I can't wait to hear about what the

Lord is going to do next week as you guys gather together

and pray. So, hey, do you have your Bibles? I bet you you have a Bible. Let's all stand at this time.

Let's turn in our Bibles to James Chapter 1. James Chapter 1. Let me just say, I believe that this is one

of the most important passages in Scripture, and I'll tell you why,

because it is associated with what the Lord wants to give us ultimately, which is a crown of life.

There's instruction here that he wants us to be successful with, and of course the title of the

message is like joy in trials, strengthening

faith through adversity. But as I mentioned, I believe one of the most important teaching, and I

think even for the time in which we live, because as Pastor Jack said last week, he believes

that October is going to see some unique surprises, right?

And he said that.

And then two weeks or no, two days later, you have some 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, shot to Israel,

and not one Israeli lost his or her life. Thank God for that. No weapon formed

against you shall prosper. But hey, I've been really looking forward because I've seen

Pastor Jack do this all the time. Like he does the odd verses and you guys do the even.

And I thought, this is going to be fun, right? I kind of blew it for service a little bit, but I've course corrected.

Okay, here we go.

I'll read the odd you read the even, right?

James the bond servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad greetings.

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