Word of Thanks- Thank you for your prayers for this outreach ministry. The prepration of these study notes began over 15 years ago and were prepared for a few Sunday School teachers as an aid to lesson preparation. Since that time we now have nearly 1,000 subscribers to this site. Also, a word of thanks to Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Taylorsville, NC who first supported this ministry. Since 2008, West Lenoir Baptist Church in Lenoir, NC pays for all expenses related to the website and audio outreach through internet and radio broadcasts.

I also want to thank every author, preacher, and teacher from whom I glean weekly as I prayerfully prepare these study notes. Along with each of you I reap where other men have sown. Their labors in the word make it so much easier for me to help others prepare to teach.

Finally, a special word of thanks to all my Sunday School teachers who planted and watered the seed of God's Word in my heart for the past 56 years. Along with the Apostle Paul I can truly say that any truth I am able to comprehend and any truth I am able to communicate is "...because of the grace that is given to me of God" (Romans 15:15).

In Christ,

Pastor Rick Safriet