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Before I pray and ask for the Lord's help

just to empathize with you.

I found Mark's message to be devastating.

And don't have too much left.

So that's not a joke.

That's right.

In one sense, Lord, it feels good to be here, that is low, unsure of myself, not knowing my own heart.

That's my main... I feel off balance, I feel wobbly after that message. I think

that's good. I feel vulnerable, like somebody could come at me from almost any angle right now and take me.

And so I call upon your spirit for us, us open and laid bare elders. Come, there's work to be done. There's work for us nobody's and

work for us broken people,

work for us wounded, indicted, discouraged,

guilty, forgiven, justified, heaven-bound invincible people.

So come, I pray, and help me with this message.

I pray in Jesus' name, amen.

My aim in these messages that I'm going to give,

Lord willing, is to lodge in your mind and in your heart a biblical conviction that I hope

will not go away while you live concerning missions, frontier missions,

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