Open up the Bibles that you have or look to the screens to Romans chapter 15 verses 30 to 33.

And we are in what should be, I pray, our last study in chapter 15.

And you say, yeah, but there's still chapter 16 16 and how many years will that be chapter 16 is

going to go really quick i promise i'll read verse 30 if you pick it up nice and loud in verse 31 and so on

paul says now i beg you brethren through the lord Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit,

that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me.

That I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe that my service for Jerusalem

may be acceptable to the saints.

That I may come acceptable to the saints.

That I may come to you with joy by the will of God and may be refreshed together with you.

Amen.

Father, we come before you today and Lord, we're asking you to not only hear our prayer that you might be very present in our learning of the Word of God, but in this day and age, Father,

when so much is being said and not much is true, I pray that you'd give us that great gift to all of us, the spirit of discernment, to know what

is true, what is not true.

And in this age where deception is so perfected and yet it's going to become more perfected

every day, Lord, down deep inside, lead us and guide us into all truth, just as you said the Holy Spirit would do in the last days.

But not only that, Lord, collectively as a church right now, we pray.

We pray right now, Lord, for all of our military personnel that are dispatched to various parts of the world and predominantly right now

the Middle East. Many of our children are there. God, we pray that you would give this nation

guidance from above. Lord, we've got our problems and we've got our issues, but Father,

we're asking you to be merciful.

And not only merciful to us, but God, very few people recognize that what is gathered together

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