Thank you, Lord. Just remain standing just a moment.

Everybody okay? You feel?

Feeling all right?

Happy to be here.

Tomorrow night is Thursday nights,

great offering nights, our custom, like we always do.

Having said what we just said about the scripture after a godly sort, I want to make very

clear that Phyllis and I personally have no expectations of anybody individually

or thinking about what somebody might do or not do.

We don't know.

I don't know what people give in the church.

I don't know who might be tithing or might not be.

I don't want to know.

And I do not want any of you to feel like there's some kind of an expectation from us

or some kind of pull for you to do something big or bigger than you did last time.

Please, that is not true.

That is not the right thing.

I know all of you have other things that you're involved in and other things that you're doing and things change from year to year.

We don't want anybody to do anything other than what they believe the Lord directed them to do at the time.

Are you all with me?

This is going to change.

Now, obviously, if we read something, I'll know what you gave, and I'll shout with you.

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