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Colossians chapter one beginning at verse 11. We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power, so you will have all the

endurance and patience you need.

May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father.

He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people who live in the

light.

For, he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness

and transferred us into the kingdom of his dear son

who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.

Gentlemen, let's begin by talking about how God brought us out of darkness.

Nick is here.

Well, you're formerly known as Big Nick, right?

Have you left that name behind completely? I did leave it recently. I'm not going by my government

name, Nick Keswani. And there's, you know, a few reasons for that. But like, God really,

this is the first time I've ever talked about that publicly, by the way.

God really emphasized like how important it is for us to go by like our actual names, right?

And I went by Big Nick for a long time on social media, but, you know, the Lord was really showing me like he wants me to be more professional in the way that I present myself

because, you know, obviously I have a desire to expand his kingdom, go to the nations and

everything, but I've been learning a lot about order in the season. And one thing that, you know,

God had spoken to me specifically about order is to like change my like one social

media stage name, I guess you could say, to my real name, which has presented some challenges

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