 We thank you that we're able to read the Bible here and realize that you are the Lord, full of compassion and mercy. And for ourselves, we pray that you will make us students of the Bible, that we might be diligent in our investigation, that we might be clear in our exposition, that we might be humble in our response, and that in everything we might be conformed to the image of your Son, Jesus, in whose name we pray. Amen.