Welcome to deepen with Pastor Joby Martin.

The Church of 1122 is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ.

And we're praying this message helps you deepen your relationship with him.

Now let's dive in.

Well, today's a very special day.

Happy birthday. Yeah. Well, it's saturated week. That too. And it's Pastor Jobi's birthday. Let's go. So I'm going to read a 50 item list of things I love about you. Just kidding. But I do have five. Oh, wow. Five things about you that I love and I appreciate.

Number one, you're a bulldog.

Go dogs. Let's go. That's a special bond that we share. And God did that, you know? So I praise him for that. I love it. Number two, you introduced me to hunting. Let's go. I love hunting. Yeah. You took me hunting first. That's awesome. they're going to get more serious as they go.

Number three is,

I love how you love your wife and family it inspires me because you lead really

well and you from my perspective lead well at home and that's amazing to say amen um number four is you are

a great leader and i think you have a you have incredible gifts for clarity and discernment,

and I love serving with you, watching you, and I learn a lot from you.

And then five is you love Jesus, you love the Bible, and you use your gift to share that love through preaching,

which is what we're talking about tonight. So happy birthday.

Happy birthday. Yeah, man. Happy birthday. It's been a good one. I've been in my office the whole day.

It's great. I've forgotten several times, except for all the texts. I think, good gosh. But whatever.

Yeah. It is great for all the people to say, happy birthday. It's the thing. It's awesome.

Here's what's great about your birthday. I was telling J.P. this yesterday. I was like, it's the one day of the year. When people are being crappy to you, nobody's crappy between me today because I was by myself all day. But when they are, you can be like, hey, it's my birthday. The rest of the year, you can't pull that off. You can't be like, hey, I'm 51 and a half.

You know what I mean?

But on that day, you can pull the...

You have to treat me like Jesus told you you were supposed to on this day. I'm thinking about me for a second because after all. And it's like the one legit day. I have a deep life question. Okay. My birthday always falls on or right near Father's Day.

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