Amen and amen. Oh, you guys. Aww.

Okay, sit down.

You have no idea how much I missed you, how much I love you,

and how great it is to be back.

Oh. great it is to be back. Oh, people are running out now.

No, for real.

Just, I love you so much and very few pastors can say that and mean it.

I'm very spoiled. I'm exceedingly blessed. And again, I'm so glad to be back. I want to mention really a prize you of what's coming up Thursday and then Sunday before we get started.

Is that okay? Okay, well,'m gonna do it anyway so I didn't hear anybody say

that's okay. So now let's start with this Thursday. I love God's timing. It's

always perfect. We are gonna start in chapter one of the two-chapter book of Haggai,

which once again is short in length, but definitely not strength.

And in it, we're going to see how God through the prophet Haggai warns the leaders first

and then the people of Judah to consider their ways.

That's repeated throughout this short two-chapter book. Consider their ways.

Why? Concerning their prioritizing the building of their own houses, nice houses,

while the temple lay in ruins some 16 years

after they returned from Babylon.

So we're gonna look at how this personally applies to us today, and then we're going to conclude

the Bible study by celebrating communion.

So that's this Thursday, the day after tomorrow night.

So I'll see you in 48 hours again.

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