Amen. I also want to let our New Jersey family know how much we love them. We're getting ready to welcome them into our worship gathering. Let's make some noise for our New Jersey family.

So, Jersey?

Well, let's go together to the word of God. I got a long way to go in a short time to get there.

But, you know, Thanksgiving is coming up, and we used to call my great-grandmother Big Mama.

And one of the things I know is about Big Mama, she was always cooking but never

eating.

And, you know, one time we just asked, Big Mama, why don't you eat?

She said, baby, I eat.

She said, I eat a little bit while I'm cooking.

I want you to know I've been eating while I'm cooking this week.

So I hope this message bless you, but it blessed me while I'm cooking this week. So I hope this message bless you,

but it blessed me while I was cooking it. So let's go together to the book of Philippians chapter

4 beginning at verse 8. And here's what it says. Paul says, finally brothers and sisters,

whatever's true, whatever's noble, whatever's right, whatever's pure, whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable. If anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things.

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me, put in the practice

and the God of peace.

Earlier in the text, he talks about the peace of God.

Here in the text, he talks about the God of peace.

He says, and the God of peace will be with you.

Before I give my subject, I want us to acknowledge one of the charter members. You know what that means? Founding members. You know what that means A1 from day one?

We don't call them original gangsters. We call them original members. We got one of our original members.

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