The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here's Grace to You Bible Teacher John MacArthur.

Thank you John for those gracious words.

It was about thirty, almost thirty nine years ago.

In Marine Night, no I'm sorry, In Marine I've been married almost thirty nine years.

It was about thirty two years ago when our marriage was hanging on butthread in crisis

that the Lord brought us to Himself.

And I don't have time to tell the story but we almost immediately discovered Grace to

You and it was through the ministry of this pulpit and John and Grace to You that we rebuilt

our marriage, rebuilt our family life, our household, our priorities in life thirty two

years ago.

So thank you John for at least giving us thirty two of the last fifty years.

It was our habit to listen to Grace to You there in Houston every evening at nine o'clock

at Arizona KCB still have the our two boys that were young at the time in bed by eight

thirty so we could be in our bed at nine o'clock with the lights on Bible and the lap on

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