This is the Salaback Church podcast.

Today we're beginning a brand new message series called The Power of Grace.

And I'd like to begin with a question.

And the question that we're going to process throughout the course of this series is,

what is God really like?

What is God's true character? Now, when it comes

to meeting somebody, comes to getting to know people, sometimes you'll meet a person. And when you

meet that person at first, you think they're one thing. And then the longer you get to know that

person, perhaps you see them in a different light. Now, there are some people. You get to know

them what you see. The first time is what you get over the long haul. Now there are some people you get to know them what you see the first

time is what you get over the long haul. And I would say to you, you know, we've had an opportunity

to get to know each other a bit over the last year. You've gotten the opportunity to know Stacy.

She hasn't spoken quite as much as I have, but you've gotten a chance to know her. And if you

met her, you would see on a stage when she

communicates, she's sweet, she's kind, she's loving, she's shepherding. If you met her in person,

you would see all those things. They would be true. But there's also one part of her that I don't

want you to be deceived with. If you were ever to play a board game with

Stacey, if you were ever to play Rummy Cube, or if you were to ever play some kind of

dominoes game or an iteration of it, what you would see is a different version of her that

will almost hurt you. If you play spoons with her, she will, she won't sin,

but she will almost sin grabbing a, she might even slap you to get the spoon out of your hand.

So all that to say, I don't want you, again, to be deceived if you get to know her and you

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