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Well, good morning, everybody. Glad to see y'all here today. All right, well, we are in the book of Numbers. And we are continuing and hopefully finishing chapter 13. And we're starting this morning in verse 30. Let's start with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we come before you in Jesus name again, Lord, and we lay the scriptures before your feet, Lord, and we ask and pray. In the name of your son, Jesus, Lord, that You would that you would take these scriptures, Lord, and the truths that are written in them father, and the things that we learn today would not just be things that go into our minds and that we go about our way and forget Lord, but we ask and pray that the truths that you want us to hear and learn this morning would be written on our hearts, Lord, and then we would take them with us they would become a part of who we are as human beings, Lord and most importantly as citizens of heaven and as your children and disciples. of your son Jesus Christ. We pray and ask father that you would be continually revealing to your church. Lord, Your marvelous mysteries. Lord, the truth and solid foundation, the rock that is your word, father and how it goes side by side along with being your child and a disciple of Jesus Christ your son. We pray, Father that you would be equipping us, Lord in the last days that we believe we're living in father, to shine the light that you've called us to shine to be that salt to the earth that you've called us to be Father and to shine a light amongst the Gentiles. Lord, as your Word says, Lord, that they might see Jesus Christ in us Father, Lord, we confess to you that we're so far from perfect and we find in ourselves or each one of us individually certain evil truths about ourselves, Lord, and more and more as time goes on. And yet we know that you've called us then that you've forgiven us and that you were dangerous and sealed us with your spirit to do the work of ministry, Father, and so we need your help to do it. And we trust that your Holy Spirit is here for just That purpose, Lord, to give us an ability beyond ourselves, Lord and to give us a communion with you. So we pray that you would be here this morning among us, Lord, that You would speak to our hearts that you would bless and encourage, and bring healing father, to our minds to our spirits to our hearts, Lord, and for those who are sick, Lord, those who have family members who are sick, Lord, we pray that you'd be with them today, Father, that you would bring healing to their lives that you would bring answers to their questions. And most importantly, above all things, Father, that even through the suffering that they find themselves in, they would find themselves closer to you, Lord, in Jesus name we pray, Amen. Amen. So, Numbers chapter 13. Uh, it's a, it's what I call a Sunday school chapter. It's one of the portions of the Bible that everybody who's ever learned anything about the Bible or in any kind of continuous way, has learned about the story of the 12 spies that were sent into the promised land to spy out the land, and to bring back the report to Moses about the land and in which manner they might go into. possess it because God had told them and God had given them This land is a possession. Now this goes all the way back to Abraham. Remember, he told Abraham, the very first man, the very first Jew, if you will, that God called that God said, Abraham, I want you to leave your family. And I want you to take everything that you own. And I want you to pick it all up. And I want you to go to a place where I'm going to show you a...