The following message is by pastor John Piper.

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dot O.G. Would you pray with me?

Father, every time that we undertake to open the scriptures your holy word we feel inadequate and how much more

inadequate when we face suffering and we're in a situation that's not home like I am right now.

And so I pray for your anointing for this word that I would be faithful to your scriptures,

that I would be filled with your Holy Spirit, that you would grant me words that would be strengthening to the church and an

encouragement to this body and that you would do things here in marriages and in

parenting and in friendships and in parenting and in

friendships and in bodies and in minds

that people do not expect to be done, but are good. So draw near and exceedingly and abundantly beyond everything I can ask,

work here for the glory of Christ, pray in his name. Amen.

I listen to the same four messages that probably most of you listen to in the last four weeks, namely the ones that were preached here at the village from Bo and Josh. I went online and listened to them so that I would know what you were being taught and I came away from those messages with the very

clear strong conviction that you don't need me here. You're being very well shepherded

through this through Met's suffering and your suffering. And so as I reflected on so if they don't need me to go do this if they've got

shepherds of their own who are doing a good job in caring for the people and telling

them what they need to hear so what's left for me to do.

And there are two things that I want to do.

The first, very brief, namely to say out loud that I love Matt Chandler and I think I speak for thousands that are

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