Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to the podcast, and we want to tell you how much we love you.

Trusting you're going to have a blessed Christmas season with you and your family.

Know that we pray for you every day, just speaking God's blessings and favor.

We love you. We are praying for you, and we hope you have a very merry Christmas.

Enjoy the podcast today. God bless you, and welcome to the new Lakewood Church. So good to have you with us today, and we love you, and counted a joy to come into your homes each week. And we always come with good news, because we know God has a good plan for your life. He rewards people that seek after him. So thanks so much for tuning in today. And come out and see us. You'll love our new facility. We'll make you feel right at home. If I'd like to get started each week with something kind of funny, so let me tell you this joke somebody told me. A Hindu priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a televangelist were all traveling together. They stopped at this farmhouse for lodging. The farmer said, that'd be fine, but I only have room for two of you. One's going to have to stay out in the barn. The Hindu priest said, okay, I'll do it. He went out there, and a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's a cow, and that cow is sacred in our religion.

The Jewish priest said, okay, well, I'll go. He went out there, and a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. He said, I can't stay out there. There's a pig, and that wouldn't be kosher. Finally, the televangelist said, okay, I'll go. And he went out there. a few minutes later there was a knock on the door.

It was the cow and the pig.

All right. Hold your Bibles up and say it like you mean it. Ready? This is my Bible.

I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will

be taught the word of God. I boldly confess,

my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about being determined to enjoy your life.

Jesus said there in John chapter 10, verse 10, that he came that we might live life to the full

till it overflows. And I can tell you with confidence that God wants you to be happy.

He wants you to enjoy your life, not just the weekends, not just vacations, not just

when everything's going your way. God wants you to enjoy every single day. We should enjoy

getting up in the morning, enjoy going to work, enjoy our family, enjoy the outdoors,

enjoy every part of our day. That's God's dream.

But I know too many people that are just dragging through life. They don't like their job.

They can't stand the traffic. They don't enjoy their spouse. They're just going through the

motions of life. Getting up, going to work, coming home. No joy, no enthusiasm.

But friends, it doesn't bring any glory to God for us to drag around with a long face, negative,

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