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. All right guys we're on so we need to start our study and glad you're enjoying the

fellowship Kent says be sure to buy a lot of coffee. So, uh, thank you.

So we've got a great study and when we finish at 8 o'clock,

there's a big group coming in here, we're going to need to wind things down.

So, yeah, I need to wind things down.

So, we need to hop right into this because we've got a lot to cover.

And this is an incredible

passage of scripture that we're looking at

in Romans chapter 9.

And so I need to begin in a word of prayer.

So Father, as we look now into your word,

I pray that you would instruct us and teach us

regarding who you are and how you deal with with humanity.

Lord we see that you are sovereign and we gladly acknowledge that that you are supreme and your authority over all the earth.

And you have appointed the eternal destiny of every man.

And so Father, enlarge our understanding today and more than that, enlarge

our heart for you and deepen our humility before you. Use this even to mature us and to develop us

further into men of God. We pray this in Christ's name, Amen.

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