All right, good morning and welcome.

We're glad that you're joining with us for our live stream verse by verse Bible study.

Today we're in Second Thessalonians.

We're going through this epistle, and we're going to finish Lord willing chapter 2,

and our text will be verses 13 through 17. I'll ask you to turn there if you're

not there already and once you do if you're able I'll ask you to stand you can follow along as I

read if not where you're seated is fine the apostle Paul turns a corner of sorts now here at the end of the chapter and says verse 13,

but we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, loved by the Lord,

because God chose you as first fruits to be saved through the sanctifying work

of the spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you, verse 14, to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter,

may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us, and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope.

Encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. Wow. Let's pray if you would join with me. Thank you, Lord, so much.

Lord, we're so thankful to you and grateful to you for this time that we have together today in your word.

Lord, we never want to take for granted that which we have this assembling of ourselves together

and worshiping you and fellowshiping one with another.

And now as we sit under the teaching of your Word,

I pray that you'll anoint the teaching of your Word.

Lord, we're so thankful to you for your Word,

and we ask you now as only you can to speak into our lives. Enable

us by the Holy Spirit to focus and concentrate. We don't want our minds to be distracted. We don't want to miss anything that you have for us.

So, Lord, speak.

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