Joy in the testing time

Joy in the testing time – Woodside Baptist Church

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11 February 2024

Joy in the testing time

Preacher: Steve Calder

Series: Praying in a mad world

Passage: 2 Chronicles 29:1-11; 30:6-11, 17-20