Hey, church. I am so excited to share the scripture with you, the story of God.

By the way, if you're new to church home, welcome. We're so glad you're here.

And I got to fill you in. We've got a little bit more people in the studio tonight

than we have had in, let's see, 60 weeks. I have, let's say, 20 of my closest friends

here in the studio. And we're having a great time.

But we are so glad that you have joined us. We need each other.

Let's all continue to pray. There are so many things that are on my mind and heart tonight

around the world, not the least of which is the Gaza Strip.

And I trust that you are praying for everyone involved, for protection, for peace.

This is our privilege to do so. I think about India every day.

There are many people practicing their faith with church home from India.

We love you. We are thinking about you right now. There is a lot.

There's a lot going on in the world. I want to thank everybody for being in this room tonight.

It's already a little hot in this room, but that's okay. Here we are.

I want to talk about an interesting subject tonight that I think is pretty relevant

considering the global circumstances that have affected all of us collectively.

By the way, we've got to pause for a second and just think about that wild

that there is something that's happening to all of us around the world at the same time.

It is a very, very unusual and unprecedented days and times.

And by the way, if you are watching this and you feel unnerved, you feel disturbed,

you feel frustrated, agitated, alone, any of these emotions.

If I could for a moment normalize that a little bit, I share some of those exact feelings.

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