Let's begin reading at verse number five.

I'm trying to see if I'm gonna get through all of this today.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not to your own understanding.

In all your ways, submit to him.

He will make your path straight. Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear the Lord,

shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones. Honor the Lord with your

wealth, the first fruits of all your crops. Then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats

brim over with new wine.

I want to stop the reading of scripture there and talk from this subject in our time together.

Lord, make me an answer.

Clap your hands, 130, if you're ready for God's word.

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start this sermon by informing some of you and reminding

others that already are aware of this, that your existence is not by chance, it's by God's

choice.

I need to re-emphasize that.

That your existence is not by chance, it's by God's choice. That you are not the consequence of some cosmic coincidence, nor are you the result of some relational accident. Your parents may not have planned your arrival, but God did.

The circumstances surrounding your birth may have been circumstances that others would

deem unfortunate, but the God who makes no mistakes intentionally and strategically orchestrated your existence on earth in this era for such a time as this.

As one spiritual leader frequently states, great men and women are only born for the time

they needed the most.

And I don't know if you receive this, but I'm going to speak this into and over you, it's your time.

Did you hear what I just said?

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