Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, President of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture

so that you can better understand the word of God and

put it into practice in your life.

Join me now as we look together into this section of the Bible.

If you wonder why we have a hashtag says be nice to Kent he's actually earned he always

likes to take my notes and then hide them and pretend like I've left them at home or something.

So thank you, Kent.

Very much.

Well it's good to see you, men. We're all here by divine appointment.

So there's a reason in the providence of God for us to be here and for everyone who's joining us by live stream.

Thank you for joining us.

We have another great study in store so I'm really anxious to to delve into this so I need

to begin with a word of prayer and we're going to proceed but thank you for being here.

Lord's blessing upon you and I pray that truly it would be worth your while to be here this morning. So let's pray.

Father, we desire to humble ourselves, lower ourselves in your presence presence you are the most high God, high and lifted up, enthroned

in the heavens, towering over all the works of your hands. You are the Lord of heaven and earth and we are the sheep of your pasture. We are in need

of being fed as sheep.

And so I pray that you would take from your inspired written word

and now feed us.

May we be nourished, may we be satisfied, may you use this study to sanctify us

yet further conform us into the image of Christ.

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