I'm I'm going to be. I'm going to I'm on the I'm I'm Praise the Lord Biblos family.

We're so glad that you come back to join us.

I hope you're enjoying God's favor and God's blessing.

I know it is a time of blessing and a time of favor, and you're going to hear me say that over and over again because it is the church's day. I pray that I can help banish

discouragement to push back on defeat and every dark thing that tries to vie for your attention and try to dominate

the thinking of the minds of people, the people of God.

It is a great day.

It is a blessed day.

And I'm thankful to be alive today.

I'm thankful to be serving God today. This is a great day to be serving God. I'm thankful to be serving God today.

This is a great day to be serving God.

I know the media here in our country has a narrative,

and sometimes it can seem like it's doom and gloom all the time,

but we have never had it better.

God has blessed us, and yes, there are challenges,

and yes, there are agendas.

But through it, all the church keeps moving the people of god keep growing what a blessing what a day i um i wanted to take a minute today and

share with you a a couple of thoughts that have been rolling around in my mind. I've been ruminating

on these thoughts. And I preached here a message about, it was on Isaiah 55, and it was about the thorn, it was about the briar, the thistle,

and instead of those things would come up the fir tree and the myrtle tree. And it comes from

Isaiah 55 and there's a very powerful portion of scripture that got my thoughts turning about this

biblos episode today it's Isaiah 55 9 and 10 and 11 it's one that is would be familiar to apostolics

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