So today the, the message was titled Desires from the Heart of an Apostle. Desires from the heart of an apostle. Why don't we open with a word of prayer and then we'll, we'll get started. Lord, we are thankful for your word.
What is John writes. To his child in the faith or we get to discover his heart, but we also see the heart of Christ revealed to us, Lord, and through your writing, we, we understand and know who you are. We wouldn't know otherwise, Lord, but you've revealed yourself through your word and we're thankful to be able to have the opportunity to look at that today. And so we just pray that you bless this time.
Prepare our hearts That we would be diligent to listen. And be transformed In Christ's name, Amen. So some of you may remember there was a college admissions scandal, from just over 2 years ago. It was called Operation Varsity Blues, and this was a scam that involved 33 parents who fraudulently paid close to $25 million to inflate entrance exams, falsely have their children recruited as athletes and bribe school officials so that their children would be able to get into some of our nation's top universities.
many of these students would not have been able. To get into these universities on their own, and yet their parents desired for them to be a part of these elite educational institutions. There is a term that's used. It's called snowplow parents....
