Would you join me in a word of prayer? Heavenly Father, thank you so much, Lord. We thank you that we can

gather in your house this morning, Lord. We thank you for your word and your teaching. So would you be

with us, Lord? Would you calm our spirits, Lord? Would you settle any anxieties or just anything that's going on within us,

Lord, that we may be able to focus on what you have for us, Lord, in 2nd Peter, Lord. So would you speak to us

and we thank you for this time that we can gather here all together, Lord, and praise your name.

We ask this in the mighty name of Jesus. We pray. Amen.

Amen and amen. Good morning and welcome. You can remain seated if you want for the reading of God's

word, or you can be seated. Did I say seated? Well, let me try that again. Hold on.

Good morning. Welcome. You can remain standing if you want further. Wow. It's going to be a rough one today, huh? So, 2nd Peter, we're going verse by verse literally today today because we're going to start in verse 15

and make it all the way through verse 15. I'm not in a hurry, as you can tell, to finish

this book, which Lord willing we will next week. But I think you'll see why here in a moment. So

1st 15, 2nd Peter, the Apostle Peter by the Holy Spirit writes, bear in mind that our Lord's

patience means salvation. Just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

All right, let's pray. If you would, please join with me. Father, thank you so much. Oh, Lord. Lord, we're so grateful

to you for your word in this portion that we have before us today here in your word, but we readily

admit, humbly confess that absent the Holy Spirit, we're not going to get it.

We're not going to see what it is that you have for us today and want to show to us today,

nor are we going to have ears to hear what the Spirit wants to say to us today.

So, Lord, will you as only you can and are always so faithful to just keep the distractions away,

get our attention, keep and hold our attention. That's you, Holy Spirit, that's not me.

So once you've got our attention, Lord, then speak into our lives.

Speak, Lord. Your servants are listening. We pray. In Jesus' name, amen. Now you can be seated. It's been a rough week.

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