Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining. Today, we are reading First Chronicles 9 through 13. But before we jump in, I've got a quick announcement. And it is that our 100 days of reading the Bible together in 2025 celebration

is coming up on Friday, April 25th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's a free event. We're going to

have a bounce house, popsicles, and just an opportunity for you to fellowship with other church

members who have been reading the Bible together this year. We'll have discussion questions,

fun for kids, a great opportunity to stop by on your lunch break, and we would absolutely love to see

you there. But that's in a few days. Today, we're reading First Chronicles 9 through 13, and I am

joined in the podcast studio by one of our Watermark elders, Todd Anders.

Hi, Emma. How are you doing? Doing very well. It is great to have you here.

It's great to be here. Thanks for coming. For those who don't know you, Todd, would you just share a little bit about what God's done in your life? Yeah, Emma. So I was raised around the church,

I guess, is the best way to say that. For the first 30 years of my life,

I was a guy who attended church but didn't have a relationship with Christ and really relied on

my own strength, my own thoughts in life to kind of navigate life. And when I was 30 years old,

God intervened and began to call me to himself.

And so that's now almost 35 years ago.

God really changed my life and my perspective on why I'm here and how I ought to run offense,

for lack of a better word, in life.

And so I'm a guy that struggles with thinking that I know what's best, pride, control,

those kinds of things.

And so for me, it's really been a journey of learning that I must decrease so that Christ can increase.

Amen.

And it's how it's fitting to have you here sharing that story that I personally can relate to,

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