Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.

And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture so that you can better understand the word of God

and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this

section of the Bible. So we got a great study lined up today and I'm thrilled again that you're here and you know

for those who watch us on live stream I'm sure you were singing happy birthday along with everybody

as you were watching at home. I am aware we have so many ladies and so many moms, so

many grand moms who watch this Bible study, God bless you. We're so thankful as you could

share in this men's Bible study with us and this goes out around the world and there are people from literally all around the world to respond to us with comments and questions and that kind of thing

So

Praise God for this study.

And it really goes back to Kent starting a study and

pulling me into it.

So Kent's been the launching pad for all this.

So let's start with the word of prayer. Father, thank you,

thank you for this time to be with these men and to be able to share this time with them it's a privilege for me and I trust

that you'll use this for their edification to build them up in their faith and

that this will be really life-changing times as we study your word

together. So bless these men, bless everyone who's watching by live stream and delayed broadcast.

We are so grateful to be able to bring this study far and wide.

We pray this in Christ's name.

Amen. Amen.

Amen. All right, 1 John, chapter 5 and verse 1 is where we are.

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