And I want to turn that around before we get into the sermon and I want to say how thankful I am for you.

And you are an answer to prayer is what you don't realize.

We started praying for you before we ever had our first church service that the Lord would send us people who,

first of all, that he would send people that needed Jesus.

And do you qualify?

I'm like, God sent people who need you in their life as much as I do.

And then we prayed that he would send us people.

Do you remember the scripture where Jesus said the harvest is plentiful?

But the laborers are few.

And so we asked the Lord to send people who would not just want to pull up to the,

all you can eat, crab leg buffet and just consume, but would really want to bring to God an offering.

And that's prayer, that's giving, that service, that's worship.

But you know who you are, the thousands of you that actually make it happen.

They don't just come and go.

I wonder if Pastor Steven's preaching today or is it one of them guests? Some of them are pretty good.

I don't like all of them, but they're all right.

But some people just show up in their life.

It doesn't matter who's preaching.

Because I know, and you know, that it's not about a preacher, a personality.

It's about the purpose that God has given us to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ into all the world.

So, all right, get it out of your system.

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