Praise the Lord. God bless you. You can be seated. So glad you're here tonight. Welcome, welcome.

Also, for those of you that are joining us online, we want to welcome you as well. So chapter four

tonight, again, just one chapter. I mentioned this last week. We're certainly not in any hurry

to get through this book and so so much

here tonight and I don't want to rush through it really want to give the Holy Spirit the

much needed elbow room so to speak so that he can minister to us what he has for

us tonight so why don't we begin

with a word of prayer? As Coppono just prayed, that's a good prayer. So let's pray. Lord,

we don't want any distractions from whatever happened today or this week to in any way, keep us away from what you have

for us here in your word tonight. Lord, we so look forward to these Bible studies on Thursday nights

where we can just come together and put all the busyness aside and give

you our undivided attention. Lord, we always leave here different than the way that we came

here and we know that tonight is no exception. You meet us here. You minister to

us here. You speak into our lives. And Lord, we're just so desperate for you. We're so hungry.

We're so thirsty. We're so needy. Oh, Lord, we need you. So Lord, tonight,

would you not just bless our time together in your word, but do what you desire to do in our

midst in this time that we have? Lord, for any that are hurting, Lord, would

you just encourage and strengthen and those seeking wisdom, Lord, would you hear from

on high and hearken of the voice of our cry.

Lord, you are so faithful, even when we're faithless.

And so, Lord, thank you for that.

So we commit our time together tonight to you, Lord, and ask your blessing on it. We pray in Jesus' name.

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