There's a lot of things that that that sometimes the congregation doesn't know, and one of them is just how painful it is to preach. It is painful and preparing this week to do it, I just am so grateful to Milton and to the others that do it for us so often. but it just drew me, to the realization once again that, that God has to show up and that I have nothing to give you without Him and without his strength. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna begin by praying for all of us and for our time together and then we're gonna dive in.
So let, join me in a word of prayer. Father God, I thank you so much for your love for us. I thank you so much that you love Cornerstone because you died for Cornerstone and you died for each one of us in this room. And Father, I'm grateful for your word.
I'm grateful for the, the, the fact that we can know you. And this morning, we want to know you, we want to see you. I pray that you would just reveal yourself to us through your scriptures that you would cause us to love you even more as we behold your glory, as we hold your beauty. And Father, we just thank you for this time.
I just pray you be with me, and with those who hear Your word. Bless us both. And cause us to follow after you even more. Because that's what we're going to be talking about....
