Good to see all of you. Thank you so much. You guys are awesome. Thank you. You can be seated. You can be seated. My opening line, I had intended to be that Pastor Jobie is one of my favorite people alive, but after that video, I cannot say that with

integrity. I can't tell you that he is a dear and loved friend. He is one of my favorite people.

We had him at our church earlier this year, and he is one of our church's favorite pastors,

including me. They would say bring Joboby back because it was just so fantastic.

I introduced him at our church and said he's the country boys, C.S. Lewis.

That if Charles Spurgeon, Tim Keller, and Jeff Foxworthy had a kid together, it would be your pastor, Joby Martin.

Right? Right? I can honestly tell you I don't know of any other pastor who writes their sermons in a

deer stand and i heard him say that and then i listened to his sermons and i'm like they're just

brilliant and i'm like he had that thought in a tree stand i can just see him like this is going to get

people saved right here as he thinks of some of his

most awesome stuff.

But he has been just a dear friend, a great blessing to me.

And I'm kind of nervous because I've listened to him enough that the line between his thoughts

and what I say sometimes gets really fuzzy.

And in our church, I don't have to give him credit.

But if I say something up here that

sounds like what he says, just assume that he stole it for me. That would be really helpful for me

if you guys would do that. Your church is so, a church that is so encouraging to us. I can tell you guys

that your story is literally told all over the nation. Everywhere I go, people are talking about the church of

1122, and I know that that doesn't make you proud, because as Joby tells you every week, you're a bunch of

wretched, black-hearted sinners. But I hope it does make you grateful for the gift that God has given

you here at this church, not just in Pastor Jobi, but just in the way that

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