Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

Thanks so much for listening to the podcast.

We have a new resource.

It's a 2024 daily devotional.

We'd love to send it to you.

It'll help you start the day off right.

You will love this devotional.

And know this.

We are praying for you, and we are believing for God's very best for you in 2024.

God bless you.

It is always a joy to come into your homes. We love you, and we count you as a part of our extended family. And thanks for tuning in each week. And if you're ever in our area, I hope that you'll stop by and see us. You'll love our new facility. These are the finest people in all of Houston right here at Lakewood. So come out and be a part of one of our services. We'd love to have you. I like to get started each week with something kind of funny. And I heard about this pastor that skipped church one Sunday morning to go bear hunting. He got his gun and he went out in the woods and he searched and searched and searched. He didn't see any sign of a bear. Finally he got frustrated and threw his gun down and went down to the stream to kind of cool off. About that time he saw this huge grizzly bear running full speed

toward him. He fell down on his knees and said, God, please protect me. God, I'm praying that

you would convert

this bear into being a Christian.

Miraculously, the bear stopped in his tracks, lifted up his paws toward the heavens, and said,

thank you, Lord, for this food I'm about to eat.

All right, hold up your Bibles and say it with me. Are you 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.

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