How firm a foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Ask people on the street about the meaning of life,

and you're going to get a variety of answers.

One of the most popular is, just do what makes you happy.

Well, for some, that means following any and every road that they think will lead to happiness,

like hobbies or self-actualization or travel or whatever they think is fun.

And that's what the nation of Israel was doing.

They were pursuing pleasure and putting all their hope in their false gods,

until the prophet Amos came to town.

And that's where we are in our five-year journey through the Bible,

the little book of Amos, at a point when God was still patient with the nation.

But eventually, he must judge sin.

We're going to begin our study today in

Amos 6 verse 7, right after we visit with some fellow travelers on the Bible bus from the four

corners of the country. The first one comes to us from a listener in the state of Washington,

and he writes, as I study the Bible each day, I am forever coming across, a verse that's stuck in the middle of my brain,

and I won't go to bed until I've studied it further to get a better understanding.

And most of the time, after Dr. McGee's message, I will suddenly get the truth.

I'm thankful for through the Bible and for all those involved who keep God's work alive

and bring his plan of salvation into homes.

The next letters from a listener on the Bible bus, this one's in North Carolina, and she says this.

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