Hello, my friends. Welcome back. I hope you're doing well today. This is the

morning mindset. This is when we come together to gather around the

scriptures to get our minds aligned with the truth of God. Because when our

minds are aligned with his truth, we have hope of living in his will for that

day. Because we're thinking his thoughts after him, as one theologian has

famously said, my friends, today is our opportunity. Let's not waste it. I want

to thank those of you who have been donating and providing insight into your

own needs through the platform, not a needy person. You can find it at not

a needyperson.org. People have come there and have submitted their needs and we

have verified and vetted those needs and you will find them listed on the

website. And if you're able to give toward those needs, there are some very

worthy causes there. There are many COVID-related needs. If you can believe it's

still going on, COVID stuff around the world. We have a couple in South Africa

who is just drowning in debt payments due to their job loss from the pandemic.

We have another family with increasing bills. We have months of rent that are

passed due. We have legal guardianship for a young adult that needs to be

finalized. We have all these needs. And people like you who I know could go and

help meet those for real people around the world. Please go check it out and

not a needyperson.org. Or in today's passage, we are in Acts chapter 24. And

we are looking at the situation the Apostle Paul's got himself into through

preaching the gospel. And he's been arrested. He's been hauled off by the Roman

authorities to a different town, a different region for a different governor

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