Amen.

Amen. It's May of 2018, and I'm walking off the stage having just officiated my own father's

funeral. And I'm standing in the front row and I'm having a moment with the Lord and I just

ask the Lord, I'm like, Lord, it would be great great if you would bring some older godly men into my life that help fill this massive void

that is now left by my father. And almost instantly, the Lord put two men's pictures in my mind.

And one of them was Elder Petey, who we just heard testimony about, and the

other was Elder Rusty, who's another one of our elders. And just as a brother in Christ and as an

tender at the Church of 1122, I am so thankful for the godly shepherds that God has chosen to care

for and to lead this flock. Amen. Amen. I am. I'm Pastor Britt, by the way. Good to see you. Just start with my

dad's funeral. Here we go. And we've been studying the New Testament book of First Timothy,

and we're going to continue to do that today. We're going to talk about elders and deacons and

all kinds of fun stuff. And so we're going to pick up in chapter two where we left off last week in verse eight.

And the apostle Paul wrote this letter to a young pastor, one of the first pastors that

there ever was, his name was Timothy.

Paul wrote this letter and primarily what the letter is about is the local church and how to

handle the local church and what the local church is

supposed to be and supposed to look like. And so we're going to pick up in verse 8 of chapter 2.

Paul writes this. He says, I desire that in every place the men should pray lifting holy

hands without anger or quarreling. Have you ever been mad at somebody and then started praying

for them and have your heart changed toward that person?

One time I went into Pastor Jobi's office and I was frustrated with another staff member

who will remain nameless.

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