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From: Kent Hovind
Sent: October 28, 2008
To: Who is Jesus?
Subject: Deity of Christ

GOD: Good morning, Son.

KH: Good morning, Lord.

GOD: You still don’t get it, Son. Let’s go for a walk (Genesis 5:24). I’d like for you to meet a few people. Maybe they can explain it where you will understand…Go talk with King Herod other there, Son. Don’t stay too long. He’s pretty angry (Proverbs 22:24).

KH: Excuse me, Mr. Herod. What has made you so angry?

Herod: Those guys lied to me (Matthew 1:1-12)!

KH: What guys?

Herod: There was a group of wise men from the East that came here a few days ago. They said they were looking for a new king who had been born around here two years ago. I told them to find him and come back to tell me so I could worship him too. They never came back. They lied.

KH: Did you really want to worship him?

Herod: Of course not! I lied to them. But it’s OK for me to lie. I’m the king here.

KH: That new baby would be Jesus. Do you know who He is?

Herod: Of course I do! He’s a threat to my throne! There is only room for one king – me. OK soldiers, let’s head down to Bethlehem and pay this Jesus kid a visit…

GOD: He never got it, Son. Let’s go visit some common folk on a hillside…

KH: Excuse me, folks. You look flabbergasted (Matthew 7:28)! What happened?

Commoner: We just spent the last two hours listening to a man named Jesus teach about God’s kingdom (Matthew 5-7). We are shocked, stunned, amazed, and awed by what we have heard!

KH: Who is this Jesus?

Commoner: I don’t know anything about him, but he’s the greatest teacher I’ve ever heard! He talks like he has real authority (Matthew 7:29)!

GOD: They got a little bit of the picture, Son. Let’s go to the temple (Matthew 8:4).

KH: Excuse me, fellows. You sure look puzzled as you study that scroll. What are you searching for?

Priest: We are searching Leviticus, chapters 13 – 14, to be sure we do this right. This man was just healed of leprosy. He wants to bring the sacrifice Moses commanded.

KH: Why would you need to study that? You priests do this full time and have for centuries. Don’t you know what to do by heart?

Priest: Since Moses gave the law fourteen hundred years ago, we don’t have record of anyone being cured of leprosy, except Naaman (2 Kings 5:1-19). He was not an Israelite, so he didn’t follow Leviticus. None of us priests have ever handled a case like this before. It’s pretty exciting!

KH: How did he get healed?

Priest: He claims some guy named Jesus just said five words to him (Matthew 8:3) and he was instantly and completely cleansed.

KH: Who is this Jesus?

Priest: I don’t know, but he’s not a normal man!

GOD: Let’s go to Gergesa, Son (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-17; Luke 8:26-40).

KH: Excuse me, sir. You look excited!

Former Maniac: I’m free (Luke 8:39)! I’ve been possessed with devils for years (Luke 8:27). Jesus cast them out! I’m free! I’m telling everyone what Jesus did for me.

KH: Didn’t he tell you to shew the things God did for you (Luke 8:39)?

FM: Yes, he did. He must be God to have that kind of power!

GOD: He’s getting it, Son. Now turn around.

KH: Excuse me, sir. You look pretty upset. What’s wrong?

Mayor of Gergesa: I am upset! I can’t believe that Jesus guy would come into my town – uninvited by the way – and nearly destroy our economy. I told him to leave (Matthew 8:34; Mark 5:17; Luke 8:37).

KH: What did he do?

MG: I’m not sure how he did it, but two thousand of our pigs (Mark 5:13) just ran down a hill into a lake trying to get away from him. They all drowned. Two thousand hogs cost a lot of money! That’s a serious blow to our economy here.

KH: Aren’t you Jewish?

MG: Yes, we all are around here.

KH: Aren’t pigs unclean (Leviticus 11:7)? What are you doing allowing pigs in your town? Maybe Jesus did you a favor.

MG: I don’t know who Jesus is, but he upset our economy, so he can’t stay here (1 Timothy 6:10)! He’s too expensive to keep around.

GOD: They never got it, Son. Let’s go on…

KH: Excuse me, fellas, what’s this meeting about?

Pharisee: We are holding a council to figure out how to kill Jesus.

KH: Why?

Pharisee: He just healed a man on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:9-13).

KH: What’s wrong with that?

Pharisee: Moses gave us God’s law about resting on the Sabbath (Exodus 20:10). As the religious rulers of the people, we have added lots of our own rules to God’s laws over the years. Jesus doesn’t respect our rules at all. If we let him go on like this, then our jobs, our power, and our prestige are all at stake. We feel it is best to kill him. He’s a threat to our system.

GOD: They didn’t get it, Son. Let’s go meet one more group of men…

KH: Excuse me, fellas. I just saw that man lift right off the ground and go up through that cloud (Acts 1:9-10). I know you all saw him, too. Who on earth was that?

Peter: I’ve been asking myself that same question for three and a half years now.

John: Me, too, Kent. I’ve been real close to him for the whole time, and I’ve see him do scores of miracles. He has healed the sick, fed the hungry, and raised the dead! That was Jesus.

Andrew: He has also walked on water (Matthew 14:25), walked through closed doors (Luke 24:36), predicted his own death and resurrection (Luke 9:22), and did so many things, the world itself couldn’t hold all the books if everything was recorded (John 21:25). He just went about doing good (Acts 10:38).

KH: So, who on earth was that?

Thomas: I didn’t believe it for a long time, but I do now. That was God Himself come down in the flesh.

All the Disciples: I agree.

GOD: It took them a while, Son, but they got it. Now it’s your turn, Son. You have known Me for forty years. When are you going to learn to quit worrying and trust Me? I know all about your situation. I’ve got everything under control. I’m God. Go walk the track. I’ve got your back.

From: Kent Hovind
Sent: September 27, 2008
To: Nahshon
Subject: Why did God allow it?
First Read: Exodus 5:11-14 — “Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore?”

GOD: Good morning, Son.

KH: Lord, it’s 4:30 a.m. This is not morning!

GOD: I’m answering your prayer, Son.

KH: Which prayer, Lord?

GOD: Your wife is suffering right now. Your family is suffering right now. Your staff is suffering right now. You are suffering and want to go home. You asked me to show you why I am allowing this, didn’t you?

KH: Yes, Lord, I did.

GOD: I answer prayers for wisdom, Son (James 1:5). Get your pen and paper and come with me to ancient Egypt…What do you see, Son?

KH: It looks like a lady and her children gathered around a man on a bed. They are crying and trying to wash his back and comfort him. He looks like he’s in a lot of pain. What happened, Lord?

GOD: Go talk to him, Son. His name is Nahshon.

KH: Excuse me, sir. You look like you are in a lot of pain. What happened to your back?

Nahshon: Pharaoh’s taskmasters beat me with a whip (Exodus 5:14).

KH: Why?

Nah: I don’t know if I should blame Pharaoh, Moses, the taskmasters, or God for this. All I know is, I’m hurting really bad right now and I don’t understand why God would allow this to happen to me. I’m one of the officers in charge of making bricks for Pharaoh’s latest construction project. I didn’t ask for this leadership job—they made me take it (Exodus 5:14). We have been slaves here in Egypt for several hundred years. I’ve been praying for God to send a deliverer to get us out of here. All of us have been praying and crying out for deliverance (Exodus 2:23).

Last week Moses and Aaron came to meet with the elders of Israel (Exodus 4:29). I was one of them from the tribe of Judah (Numbers 1:7). They told us God was going to deliver us from bondage and take us to a “land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8). We believed him. The only honey I’ve seen is right there on the table. My wife is putting it on the cuts on my back now.

KH: That’s good. Honey is a great antiseptic to prevent infection.

Nah: It’s a what?

KH: I’m sorry, never mind. That word won’t be invented for a few thousand years. Anyway, I still don’t understand why they beat you.

Nah: Well, when Moses told Pharaoh that God said, “Let My people go to sacrifice to Me in the wilderness (Exodus 3:18; 5:1-3), Pharaoh laughed and said he didn’t know the Lord and would not let the people go (Exodus 5:2). Then he said we must not have enough work to keep us busy, so he said we had to get our own straw (Exodus 5:7-9) and still produce the same number of bricks. That’s not possible! We tried, but we couldn’t meet the quota; so, his taskmasters beat us (Exodus 5:14), and here I am.

KH: Why would God allow this to happen to you?

Nah: Ah, that is a great question. Ouch! Go easy on that one, dear. Please. Why would God allow this? I don’t know for sure. He must be using all this for a much bigger purpose. My great-great-great grandfather was Judah (Matthew 1:2-4; Luke 3:32-33). His name means “praise” (Genesis 29:35). I try to praise the Lord even if I don’t like or understand what He is doing. Today, it’s a little bit hard to do. Ouch! Easy with the water there, son.

KH: Thanks for talking with me, Nahshon. I sure hope your back gets better and God gets you all out of Egypt soon.

KH: God, why did you allow this man to be beaten like this?

GOD: Here, son. I’m going to let you borrow this for a few minutes to answer that question. Do you know what this is?

KH: It looks like a TV remote control

GOD: Well, sort of. I’m in all places at all times, at the same time. I’m eternal (Deuteronomy 33:27; Isaiah 57:15; Romans 1:20; 1 Timothy 1:17). You can’t do that, Son. With this remote you can rewind, fast forward, pause, and even zoom in and zoom out.

KH: Wow! There have been many times in my life when I could have used this! Oh, just to rewind a few seconds would have been awesome some times.

GOD: Don’t get too excited, Son. You can’t keep it. I just want to answer your question today. This will only work for Nahshon’s life. Push rewind to Exodus 2:23.

KH: OK, Lord…Is that Nahshon over there?

GOD: Yes, Son. This is before the beating. He is a good, natural leader of men. Their crew produces lots of brick for Pharaoh each day but each night they cry out to Me to deliver them from Egypt. They want to go home.

KH: I do, too, Lord.

GOD: I know, Son. Press zoom out.

KH: Wow! This is cool, Lord! I can see Egypt, the Red Sea, and the Sinai Peninsula all at the same time!

GOD: It’s really not the Sinai Peninsula, Son. Those map makers need to read their Bible. Mount Sinai is east of the Gulf of Agaba in Saudi Arabia (Galatians 4:25). Anyway, zoom in on Jabal al Larvz in the mountains just east of Aqaba. That’s Mount Sinai.

KH: OK, Lord. Wow! This remote is really cool! Is that Moses by the burning bush?

GOD: Yes, Son. You know the story (Exodus 3:1-12); so, I want to show you something else today. While Nahshon and the people are suffering and asking Me to help, I am working on a plan to deliver them right here in the desert. Nahshon has no clue why he is suffering—and, as you saw, it will get worse in a few weeks when he is whipped. But it’s all part of a much bigger picture that I see. I will use this situation to free My people, eliminate their enemies, get glory for My name, and do it in such a way that billions of people will hear about it and talk about it for thousands of years.

As I explained to Moses, I’m God (Exodus 3:6). I see everything (Proverbs 15:3). I see the oppression of Nahshon and My people (Exodus 3:7, 9) two hundred and fifty miles away while I talk to Moses, and run everything else in the universe. Secondly, I know their sorrows (Exodus 3:7). Thirdly, I am going to deliver them out of Egypt and bring them into the promised land (Exodus 3:8). I keep my promises, Son (Deuteronomy 1:11; Hebrews 6:12; 11:17, 33).

Now zoom over to Egypt and fast forward a few weeks.

KH: It looks like Nahshon is better. It’s pretty dark out. Who is that boy Nahshon is hugging (Exodus 12:33-36)?

GOD: Go talk with him, Son.

KH: Excuse me, Nahshon, who is this boy and why is everyone out so late? Is there a party or something?

Nah: Oh, it’s wonderful! A few hours ago the death angel came through the land and killed the firstborn of every house except those with the blood on the door. This is my son, Salmon (Ruth 4:20; Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:32). He’s alive! We trusted God and applied the blood. Praise God! We are free! Pharaoh ordered all of us to leave. Now! Tonight! So everyone is excited. We are headed to the Promised Land! Praise God!

KH: How’s your back?

Nah: Oh, a little sore and scarred but it will be fine. I don’t notice it now. I’m free! Let’s go, everyone! Follow Moses!

GOD: Fast forward a few months, Son.

KH: Hey there, Nahshon. Why are all of your elders up here on Mount Sinai?

Nah: I can’t believe it!

KH: What?

Nah: We just had supper with God (Exodus 24:9-11)! Moses went up further to talk with God some more. This is history in the making!

KH: How’s your back?

Nah: What? Oh, it’s fine. I never even think about it now. It’s funny how God works. If I hadn’t been chosen to be an elder I wouldn’t have been beaten, but I also wouldn’t be here today. This is worth what I went through a thousand times over (Romans 8:18)! I guess a little pain comes with being chosen. That’s OK with me. The kids always ask to see my scars. They love for me to tell stories about what it was like in Egypt. I’m actually glad God let it all happen now, even though I didn’t understand it at the time. I can comfort others who are in pain (2 Corinthians 1).

GOD: Let’s go home, Son, and…I’ll need that remote back.

KH: Oh, Lord, can’t I just use it to see how my case turns out?

GOD: I thought you wanted to please Me, Son.

KH: Oh, I do, Lord.

GOD: Then trust Me, Son. Without faith it is impossible to please me (Hebrews 11:6). While Nahshon was suffering and calling out for help, I was answering two hundred and fifty miles away. I’m working on your situation, Son. You will see and be amazed. Just suffer a little longer. It will be worth it all. You’ll see. I’ve got your back.

From: Kent Hovind
Sent: February 13, 2009
To: Puah
First Read: Exodus 1: 15-22 and I Corinthians 10: 6, 11

God: Good morning, Son!

KH: Good morning, Lord.

God: Still confused, aren’t you Son?

KH: Yes, Lord. I’ve read Foxe’s Book of Martyrs twice, nearly all of Richard Wurmbrand’s books, seen three videos about the life of Deitrich Bonhoeffer, and read a lot about the coming tribulation times. I’m still hoping for pre-trib rapture, but if your children must live under evil rulers who order disobedience to things (such as taking the mark of the beast – Rev. 13:16) that are clearly spelled out in your Word, how far do we go along with them?

God: Let’s go for a walk, Son. Puah can help you. She faced a similar question 3,500 years ago. Do you see that nice house by the Nile River?

KH: Yes, Lord.

God: Go and talk with the lady in the yard. That’s Puah.

KH: Excuse me ma’am, this is a beautiful house you have!

Puah: Thanks. God gave it to me (vs. 21).

KH: Why?

Puah: My friend, Shiprah, and I are the midwives for the Hebrews. We deliver all their babies.

KH: They must pay really well to be able to afford a nice house like this!

Puah: Oh no! The Hebrew women we work with are all slaves. They can’t pay us at all. God provides for us.

KH: Why would God provide for you in the midst of a nation of slaves?

Puah: I guess He is pleased that we fear and obey Him more than Pharaoh.

KH: But I thought God commanded His people to always obey the authority over them (Rom 13:1-7; Heb. 13:17). Why would God bless you with a house for disobeying?

Puah: It is normally true about obeying the authority, and we do, but if the authority orders us to disobey God’s laws or clear commands, we can’t comply (Acts 4:19). That’s what happened in this case. Pharaoh ordered us to kill all the baby boys (vs. 16). We knew that would be a sin, so we disobeyed (vs. 17).

KH: Did Pharaoh get angry?

Puah: Oh yeah! He called us in to find out why we had not followed his orders.

KH: What did you tell him?

Puah: We lied to him (vs. 19)! We told him that the Hebrew women delivered before we got there.

KH: But I thought lying was a sin (Ex. 20:16; Pro. 6:16-19).

Puah: It is, under normal situations, but God makes exceptions for certain situations like war time.

KH: I guess you are right. Rahab lied to her own leaders to protect the spies (Joshua 2) and God protected her (Joshua 6:17) and even let her be in the genealogy of King David and Jesus (Mt. 1:5)!

Puah: Who is Rahab?

KH: Oh, that’s right. She’s 120 some years in the future. My bad.

Puah: And who is Jesus?

KH: Well, He’s way in the future – sort of. Anyway, did you feel bad about disobeying and lying?

Puah: No way! We fear God above all. As long as Pharaoh’s laws don’t violate God’s laws, we follow them to the letter. But, we keep our eyes and ears on God’s laws first.
Plus, who knows what these baby boys we are sparing will turn out to be? Maybe one of them will be the one to deliver us out of Egyptian bondage into our promised land! We all pray for that day!

KH: That’s for sure! Oh, by the way, Amram wants me to tell you that his wife, Jochebed, is in labor. He needs you there right away (Ex. 2:1-2; 6:20). Thanks for letting me talk with you and answering my questions. And…God bless you for your work.

Puah: Oh, he does! Thanks.

Currently, there is an important bill in Congress that we are asking for your help with:
H.R. 1475 (click here for full text of the bill), which amends Title 18, United States Code, to restore the former system of “good time” allowances toward federal prison sentences. It will accomplish these two objectives:

1. The increased deduction of “good time” allowance to be provided to those inmates who are deserving of it. This is based on the inmates’ institutional conduct. This will eliminate the undeserving from increased “good time” allowances.
2. The “good time” allowance increases reasonable increments based upon the length of a given sentence. This eliminates the possibility of an inmate serving less than a reasonable portion of their sentence.

Since 1987, the federal prison system has seen a tremendous growth with no end in sight. Nearly three-fourths of the federal prison population is of non-violent offenders. More than one-fourth is of first time, offenders. It costs taxpayers $30,000 – $40,000 per inmate per year. This cost is greatly increased for the aging prison population due to the increase in medical cost. Non-violent, federal inmates deserve a second chance at life. Passing this bill will decrease the warehousing of mothers, fathers, and grandparents.

To help reward these non-violent inmates for good behavior, and to give them credit in the form of a reduction of time served, please write your representative, encouraging them to support H.R. 1475. The following may be considered as a model to follow in writing your letter:

To the Honorable Representative _____________________

As a constituent deeply concerned with the federal penal system, I urge you to fully support H.R. 1475: To amend title 18, United States Code, to restore the former system of good time allowances toward service of Federal prison terms. It is time we give non-violent inmates a chance to reduce their time in federal prison based on their appropriate behavior and demonstration of virtue.

Please vote YES on H.R. 1475!

Sincerely,

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_____________________________ (City and State)

Thank you for your continued support,
The Team at CSE

From: Kent Hovind
Sent: January 5, 2009
First Read: Genesis 39-41 and I Corinthians 10:6,11

KH: Hey Lord? Are you still watching my case down here?

God: Yes son, every detail. I’m working on people you would never dream through this. Let’s go for a walk. I’ll give you a glimpse…

KH: Wow! This looks like the palace in Egypt!

God: It is, son. Go talk to that soldier coming out of the door.

KH: Excuse me, sir; you look shocked, stunned, and perplexed. What is going on here?

Potiphar (POT): Well, I am very stunned and relieved. I just had lunch with Joseph. He’s the new vice-pharaoh in Egypt. I got a memo yesterday to come meet him today. He just got promoted a few weeks ago. I have been terrified that he was going to kill me for what I had done to him, but we just had lunch and I’m still alive – and shocked! This has never happened in my country before.

KH: Wow! What happened? What had you done to him?

POT: It’s a long story and I’m pretty embarrassed about what I did.

KH: I’d love to hear it if you don’t mind.

POT: Okay, let us sit down over here and I’ll tell you. As you can see by my uniform, I’m a really high-ranking officer of Pharaoh’s. I’m the captain of his guard. Thirteen years ago my wife asked me to get another slave to help her around the house. I went to the slave market in town to find one for her. A Midianite caravan had just come in with slaves to sell (Gen. 37:36). They looked a little rough after their long walk, but one teen boy looked strong and handsome, even after walking from Dothan, Israel with chains on.

KH: How far is Dothan?

POT: About 300 miles.

KH: Wow! That is a long walk – especially in a desert!

POT: That’s for sure. Anyway, I bought him. My hunch was right. He turned out to be a very smart boy and a hard worker. Once he learned to speak our language, I asked him how he came to be a slave. He told me his own brothers had sold him. Can you believe they would do that? He wanted me to get a message back to his dad that he was still alive. He claimed his dad was a wealthy sheep rancher in Israel and would pay good money to get him back.
 I could tell there was a special blessing of the gods on this boy. Everything he did was blessed. He made a lot of money for me, so I never pursued the idea of getting a message to his dad. I didn’t want to sell him for any price (Gen. 39:1-5).
 I eventually made him overseer of all my property and businesses (vs. 6).

KH: Isn’t it risky to give a slave too much power and freedom? Couldn’t he run off?

POT: Not this slave. He was everything a master could want in a slave. He was strong, handsome, intelligent, hard working, and honest.

KH: What does all that have to do with lunch today?

POT: I’m getting there – hold on.

KH: Okay, I’m sorry. Go ahead.

POT: Well, I came home from work one day to find my wife screaming hysterically and holding the slave’s coat (Gen. 39: 14-19). She claimed that he had tried to rape her, but when she screamed, he left his coat and ran out. I got really angry and threw him in the prison in my basement. As captain of the guard, I keep all the high level prisoners (Gen. 37:36; 39:20; 40:3-4).

KH: You had doubts about his guilt, didn’t you?

POT: Oh…why do you say that?

KH: Well, if you really thought he tried to rape your wife you would have killed him, not put him in prison.

POT: Ah…you are right. I suspected my wife had been eyeing him for some time and may have tried to seduce him (Gen. 39:7). I know my wife well enough to not always trust her.

KH: The coat and screaming scene might have been a Hollywood act.

POT: A what?

KH: Never mind. So what happened next?

POT: I left him in prison, but even there he kept a good spirit and maintained his innocence (Gen. 40:15; Job 2:3; 27:55; 31:6; Acts 23:3; 25:10)
 I was in a real bind! If I let him out of prison, it would be saying to the world that I thought my wife was lying. It was easier for me just to leave him in prison.

KH: Wow! You left an innocent man in prison just to cover up your wife’s lie?! Didn’t that bother you?

POT: Oh yeah! Especially since he was in my own basement! He had done nothing but good to me and for me. Even in prison he didn’t get angry at me. He kept a good attitude and worked hard. The gods seemed to bless him even there. My prison keeper made him the trustee and let him run the whole prison (Gen. 39:21-23). Other than delivering new prisoners to him once in a while (Gen 40:4), I pretty much felt embarrassed and avoided him.
 Everything was going along smoothly for years – until a few weeks ago, that is.

KH: What happened a few weeks ago?

POT: Pharaoh had a strange dream and my former slave was called out of prison to interpret it for him (Gen. 41). Before the end of the day, my former slave, Joseph, had been promoted to the second in command of the entire kingdom (Gen. 41:40-45)!

KH: Oh! Now I see why you were so worried when you got the memo! He became your master, didn’t he?

POT: Yes. I know that I had wrongfully taken away years from his life to cover up for my wife’s lie. I was worried he would take revenge on me for the wrong I had done to him.
 He was really busy with matters of state for a while. I hoped that he forgot the past, till I got the memo yesterday. I had spent every day and night worried that my sin would find me out (Num. 32:23; Gal. 6:7). Then, yesterday, when I got the memo to meet him today, I thought I was going to die.

KH: What did your wife think?

POT: She felt even worse than me. She knew this was all her fault. We were both scared to death! We couldn’t sleep all night.
 When I arrived at the palace this morning, I was totally shocked to see Joseph smiling at me! He shook my hand and invited me to lunch with him in the palace! I fell on my knees to beg for his forgiveness, but he stopped me and said, “It’s okay, Potiphar. My God forgave me long ago, and I forgive you and your wife (Gen. 50:20; Mt. 6:12).
 I’ve never heard of anything like this happening in Egypt before.

KH: How do you feel now?

Pot: I’m stunned, relieved, and amazed all at the same time. This makes me want to learn more about this God Joseph serves. He’s not like any of the gods of Egypt.

KH: That’s for sure! I’ve known, studied, and loved that same God for forty years now. His forgiveness amazes me every day.
 So what are you going to do now?

POT: I’m going home to review all the prisoners’ records. I think it’s time for lots of them to be forgiven and to go home to be with their families.

KH: Great idea! God bless you, Potiphar.

POT: Thanks.

God: Hey son?

KH: Yes Lord?

God: I’m using your case to work on people you would never dream, and in ways you would never imagine. Relax and trust Me, son, I’ve got your back. Go to the Bible Study (Rom. 8:28).