Before I pray I would like to thank you and thank John Kim in particular for inviting me.

You do need to understand that I meant what I said to some of you this afternoon

that to be here is not a sacrifice for me. It feels I just spoke behind the scenes there.

Like a great honor just because I think wherever God is working doing something extraordinary

to be invited in to be a part of that is a huge gift to me and so I go back with God on me because I have felt him

among you and so just know that for me to be here is a tremendous privilege.

I really mean that I've got an anniversary coming up my sons and my little girl are all gathering

together starting tomorrow to celebrate our 40th anniversary and so I just kind of stuck this in to do that. So they're eager

for me to be home and I'll be eager to be home I get on the plane early tomorrow morning but to be here with you this

afternoon and then tonight is a is a high point for me so may I ask God's help that the

minutes we have together would be anointed by him. Let's pray.

Gracious Father in heaven, it is before you I say it a great honor to be here

ministering the word of God in a context where so many people love the word of God and love the gospel and love the glory of God and love to worship God and love to pray to God and love to witness to God.

And so I receive it as a gift from your hand and I simply want to bless them and to that end would you help me?

Would you fill me with your Holy Spirit?

Would you keep me faithful to your word? Would you guard me from the fear of man and from

pride? Would you free me from self-consciousness and allow me to be absorbed into the reality

that you have appointed for me to talk about?

And would you come and awaken a passion for your supremacy and a passion for your glory?

In this people and out from them would you ripple across this nation

and around the world for the glory of Christ and for the joy of all the

peoples.

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