Hey, welcome to the Upper Room Dallas podcast. Before we jump into this week's sermon, we want to let you know about an opportunity for you.

Upper Room School of Ministry, also known as USM, is currently accepting applications for the upcoming school year starting this fall.

We want to personally invite you to move to Dallas and be a part of what God is doing here.

At USM, you'll be

disciples in a vibrant community, spend time in the prayer room, and grow in learning how to

minister to the Lord and create resting places for his presence. Applications are open now

through July 1st and you can choose between our one year or two year program. We truly believe

that God's presence transforms lives, and we'd love for you

to come experience that with us. And if moving to Dallas isn't an option for you, we also offer USM online. This is, of course, designed for anyone anywhere, whether you're in full-time ministry, raising a family at home, or simply hungry to grow deeper in your walk with God. If you'd like more information or want to apply, you can visit USM.com. We'd love to see you in August.

All right, let's jump on. grow deeper in your walk with God. If you'd like more information or want to apply, you can visit USMDAL school.

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All right, let's jump into today's message.

Amen.

Hello.

Yes, I have two microphones in my head.

Good morning. Happy Mother's Day. I woke up this morning and the Lord said to me,

celebration is holy activity. And so we're going to celebrate today.

I needed to hear that from him. Sometimes I'm not the best at celebrating, but we're going to celebrate today. And I want to, my mom's here. Mom, we stand up for want to celebrate my mom.

Just stand up again.

I did this first service, but I'd like to do it again.

I grew up under a continuous waterfall of encouragement.

If you know what it's like, I am the product of being just encouraged nonstop.

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