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My Words in Your Mouth

Ken Ulmer's rousing sermon stirred the hearts of attenders at the National Pastors Convention last year. He again will be a featured speaker at NPC, February 26-March 1, 2003, in San Diego. Bishop Ulmer leads Faithful Central Bible Church, which recently purchased for a worship center the Great Western Forum, former home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. This message was featured on Preaching Today audio, our monthly selection of the best in contemporary preaching, and was published online at PreachingToday.com.

Jeremiah 1:4: "Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.'" Then he says in verse 9: "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms" (NKJV). God says: I formed you, I sanctified you, I ordained you, and I set you over the nations. But before all of that, I knew you.

And then God says the words ...

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