This is the greatest hour to follow Jesus.

It is so good to be with you guys.

I think when did we talk about this? Like two years ago,

at least I think where I've been trying to work it out to be out here just to see what God is doing, not to come teach or whatever else. I just wanted to experience what God has done through the ministry

here and through Michael, as we've gotten to know each other a little bit over the last couple

years. And Michael helped me out through a pretty difficult time in my life, confusing time in my life, and was such a

blessing. And ever since then, I go, gosh, I got to get out. And every time it just didn't quite work

out, so I finally come and he can't talk. So it's perfect.

But it's so good because it's not about him, right?

And it is about just the heart of this place,

which is we just want to host the presence of God and just hear from him and just really believe

that he is a real person who really is here in the room and we're

literally singing to him from the core of our beings we're telling him god you know sing

hallelujah i'm praising you god for everything you've done in me. And so during worship, I'm not just saying

because I'm here, I don't remember the last time I've felt this during worship where I think a

lot of times when we're leading something, you're worried about everyone else. And it was

nice just to be here and go, okay, I'm not in charge of anything.

God, I'm just going to come into your presence, and it sounds like this church is all about coming into your presence and not about performance and not about, you know, they just really want you, God, to be blessed.

And so it was just so enjoyable to me to just be focusing on blessing him.

Like from the core of who I am, just going, God, all I want to do right now is tell you how great you are.

I want you to be blessed by my heart right now, by my soul.

I want you to be blessed by this, that Francis remembers being a little kid and totally lost.

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