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Thank you, Rob, and thank you for trusting me with these few minutes of your time.

Actually, I don't assume you trust me. I assume that I'm a total

stranger to most of you and therefore it seemed good to me that I would give you maybe three bullet points about my life

and ministry that would help you to lean into what I have to say. Number one, I share with your pastors here a total

allegiance to and submission to the Bible as God's only authoritative

infallible word to the world. So I don't expect that I come to you with any

authority whatsoever except what I'm able to see here and savor here in my soul and then show you from the pages

so that if you don't see it in the book don't believe it because I say it.

That's number one. Number two, ever since 1994 I have had a mission statement.

It existed before that in seed,

but then became explicit. I exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things

for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.

Now, that means that I am not in Cincinnati.

I'm not at the Vineyard willy-nilly.

I'm not here on a lark.

I'm not here to tickle anybody's ears. I'm here to so open the word that by the

Holy Spirit your passion for the supremacy of God in every area of your life would soar with joy

through Jesus Christ. That's why I'm here. So that's number two, my mission. And number three is that I'm driven by a particular focus.

Now this has marked, governed, shaped, controlled me ever since 1968.

That's 50 years ago when I was 22. And that focus is this.

God is most glorified in you when you are most satisfied in him.

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