All right, good evening and welcome to our midweek Bible study. We're so glad that you're joining

with us tonight. We are currently in our trek through the Bible in the book of the Song of Solomon.

Tonight is going to be an interesting chapter, chapter four. So we'd encourage you to join with us

there online. And also, because we're going to

conclude, at the conclusion of our time together, we're going to partake together of the

communion table. We'd also encourage you if you would like to partake with us. We know a lot of

people do to have the elements ready for the conclusion of our time.

All right.

Well, really looking forward to what the Lord has for us tonight, and maybe not for the reasons

one might think.

It's a very interesting chapter, a very intense chapter, I guess you might say, for lack of a better word. But before we get

started, if you would join with me, I'd like to pray and ask God's blessing on our time together

in His Word. Loving Heavenly Father, we're so grateful to you for your word for this Bible study that we have here on a Thursday

night where we can just put all the cares and the affairs of our busy life aside and

give you our undivided attention so you can minister to us and speak into our lives. Lord, there's always a word in your word for us.

And sometimes, Lord, that is very specifically spoken into our lives, into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

And sometimes it's even personal and confidential.

And Lord, our prayer is that you would have unfettered access to the deep recess of our hearts tonight as we open our hearts to you, as we open our ears

and our eyes to you so that you can minister to us, as only you can and are always so faithful

to. So Lord, bless our time together in your word we pray in Jesus name. Amen and

amen. All right. So two weeks ago before Thanksgiving we finished chapter 3 that was the wedding

procession the bridal walking down the aisle, I guess, would be the equivalent

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