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<v SPEAKER_00>Good morning, First Baptist Wimberly.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Welcome to Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I hope you are looking forward to worshiping together this Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We will have a guest preacher, Matt Bowles.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And he's going to be looking at 1 Timothy 4, verses 7 through 8, and talking about training for godliness.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I do hope you'll take some time this weekend to read through that text and prepare your heart for what the Lord has for us on Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I do want to pray over you today using a short prayer from William Jay.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Jay was a popular and very influential preacher in the mid-1800s.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He was best known, honestly, for his preaching ability and his focus on fathers as the primary spiritual leaders in their homes.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I found a prayer from him that I really needed this week.

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<v SPEAKER_00>It's called a prayer for right perspective.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I hope this blesses you as much as it did me.

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<v SPEAKER_00>O Lord, help us remember that gratitude is more fitting to us than complaint.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Our afflictions indeed have been light compared to our guilt.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They have been few compared to the sufferings of others.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They have all been attended with innumerable alleviations.

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<v SPEAKER_00>They have all been necessary, all given to us with a regard for our welfare, all designed to work together for our good.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We bless you for what is past, and we trust you for what is to come.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Indeed, we cast all our cares upon you, knowing that you care for us.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons, and I love being your pastor.