Praise God.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh my gosh, it's so good to be home here.

It's so good.

I think of this platform, this is where I learned to preach in the early days.

And if any of you were there back then, I'm so sorry you had to endure all those learning steps.

But it's so good to be with you today,

especially on Mother's Day. It is an honor to honor mothers today. It truly is. There is no more

deserving group than mothers.

I love what Pastor Carter said to me.

He said the word mothers, it begins with the letter M,

and it's followed by the word others.

And if there's anything that characterize mothers, it's others.

He also said that men starts with an M and an E, me, but he's going to write a country song about it.

But really, it truly is a wonderful thing to honor mothers and all that they do, all that they they do so much that it really beggars description of course i am a mother of three and a grandmother to nine and um yes and what and we just delight in being able to say god, I pray that this service be nothing but a blessing,

especially to the mothers and the grandmothers. Of course, I do remember the mothers in Zion,

because some of us have descendants and some of us have disciples. And I honor you and your

contribution. And for those, Deborah was a mother in disciples. And I honor you and your contribution.

And for those, Deborah was a mother in Zion,

and she played such a strategic role

in raising people up in God.

And so we just salute you today.

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