Would you turn please to the book of Proverbs this morning, the end of the book, Proverbs 31,

and if you didn't bring a Bible with you, would you hold up your hand? Our ushers are here in the aisles now with Bibles.

We'd be glad to loan you one. Maybe you've got three or four at home, but you didn't bring one.

Use one of ours make the effort

take the time turn find proverbs 31 if you're this your first time with us this morning either here

or by a or Internet.

We welcome you again.

And as you might find out, we're very serious about church and God.

We don't play games.

We don't mince words.

And we don't care for religion and tradition.

We're serious about knowing God in reality.

Right?

And not just talking a good game, but doing it.

Right?

You know, what does it matter what you come and talk and carry on about if you don't go leave church and go do it?

You know, why I talk about it if you're not going to live it, you know.

Don't play with it. Don't be a hypocrite. You know, give me an honest sinner anytime over a hypocrite

Christian. I don't know if you know what I mean by that or not.

You know, religious people are some of the meanest people in the world.

They will stab you in the back and they'll kick you while you're down and give you three scriptures why it's okay for them to do it.

And I've tried to help people before that were, you know, supposed to be coming for help.

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