Well, hey podcast pals, it's Pastor Mark Driscoll here saying thank you for tuning in. I've had the honor of teaching the Bible for around 30 years.

Happy to report, I got my cancel card about a decade ago.

Nice to get that out of the way.

And now I'm back in zombie mode, man, you can't kill me.

And if you would do me a solid, I could really use your help.

Number one, rate this podcast.

Everybody gives me one in five star reviews.

I need you to give me a five star.

In addition, review the podcast.

Tell them, it's good, it's helpful, it's fun, it's authentic, it's genuine, it's down the fairway, it's all about Jesus, and share it. Let your

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family know and if you want to trigger your enemies let them know too.

I've been triggering woke joke folks since the mid 90s and glad to keep up to fight

All right if you've got a Bible, there's a book of the New Testament we're almost done

with 2nd Thessalonians, go to chapter 2 and as you're finding your way there, if you're new and we've

not met, my name is Mark. Some people call me

Pastor Mark. Some people call me other stuff. You can either call me Mark or Pastor Mark. I'd

prefer either one of those. And I just want you to know I really love you and I'm really excited to teach you the word of God today and my heart for you kind of feels like these conversations that I had with our five kids during the course of their upbringing.

There were certain seasons where our five kids were in a season of opportunity, but also obstacle.

And there was greatness in destiny before them, but they just needed to get through a little bit of adversity

And I had the honor on occasion of coming alongside and saying I'm your dad. I love you. I'm here to help

Let me coach you through this. Let me me encourage you let me explain what might be going on and what God has for you on the other side I believe this is that kind of word for you and I believe that God has a destiny for each of us.

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