{"id":11415,"date":"2017-03-19T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T17:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2017-03-19T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T17:50:29","slug":"gethsemane-baptist-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/gethsemane-baptist-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Gethsemane Baptist Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqQvWJdpoh4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>Thank you so much Pastor Duncan, it is an honor to be here today.<br \/>\nYesterday, Pastor Duncan kept calling me Lt. Governor.<br \/>\nI need to let y\u2019all know that when I was first elected to the Senate in \u201804, a supporter spoke with us on the night of our victory. She said you\u2019re a big Senator now aren\u2019t you. My wife Ann (raise your hand Ann) interrupted her and said \u201cnope, he\u2019s plain old Kevin and I\u2019m going to make sure he stays that way.\u201d<br \/>\nThat\u2019s a campaign promise she\u2019s kept.<br \/>\nI don\u2019t know about the other husbands here, but inflated egos don\u2019t last very long at our house.<br \/>\nAnd Pastor Duncan, being a pharmacist also, you\u2019ve got a drug dealer and politician in the sanctuary.<br \/>\nThank ya\u2019ll for allowing us to join you this morning.<br \/>\nLet us pray.<br \/>\nHeavenly Father, thank you so much for these sons and daughters of yours that are here at Gethsemane Baptist Temple.<br \/>\nThank you for their commitment to your Word and thank you for their testimony to this world.<br \/>\nFather, thank you for the freedoms we have and that are granted by You, and You alone.<br \/>\nThank you for the freedom of speech and assembly. We thank you for those in uniform that put themselves in harm\u2019s way all around the world to protect those freedoms for us all.<br \/>\nWe also thank you for the Freedom from sin which was given to us by You and through your son, Jesus Christ:<br \/>\nWho is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:<br \/>\nFor by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:<br \/>\nAnd He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.<br \/>\nThe King of Kings and Lord of Lords made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:<br \/>\nAnd being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.<br \/>\nYet it pleased you Heavenly Father, to bruise him;<br \/>\nput him to grief:<br \/>\nwhen thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,<br \/>\nHe was wounded for our transgressions,<br \/>\nhe was bruised for our iniquities:<br \/>\nthe chastisement of our peace was upon him;<br \/>\nand with his stripes we are healed.<br \/>\nPlease bless this day, in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you so much Pastor Duncan, it is an honor to be here today. Yesterday, Pastor Duncan kept calling me Lt. Governor. I need to let y\u2019all know that when I was first elected to the Senate in \u201804, a supporter spoke with us on the night of our victory. 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