Well howdy, Pastor Mark Driscoll here, thank you for letting me help you learn God's word.

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It's honor to be here. I want to thank Pastor John and I want to thank those at James River.

We love you. It's a great honor to be here with you

and to be here with God's men.

Let me pray, Father God, we invite your presence.

We invite the person and the power of the Holy Spirit to open the scriptures which you've

inspired to be written, to open the hearts of men whom you have created, to open the destinies and the legacies of the men that you have created to open the destinies and the legacies of the men that you have brought

to this sacred meeting to be in your presence.

Lord Jesus, keep yourself please in the center of our gaze and heal us in the presence of the father.

And Father God, we invite you to reveal yourself to these men in this moment to change their destiny to alter their legacy in the

strong name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Never forget there was some years ago I was

watching a UFC fight and there was a guy who finally had battled his way through the ranks, not a very big guy, but had a really powerful left hand.

And he won the championship. but had a really powerful left hand.

And he won the championship for the UFC

and as they were putting the belt strap on him,

one of the commentators put a microphone in his face

and asked him,

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