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I'd like to start with something funny and I heard about these elderly women.

They were in their late 80s and they were driving down the freeway together when they were pulled over by policemen.

The officer asked the driver, ma'am, do you realize you're only going 35 miles an hour?

She said, yes, officer, I realize that. He said, well, why are you going so slow?

She said, because that's what the sign says. He kind of laughed and said, no, ma'am, that's the number of the freeway.

This is highway 35. And by the way, why do these other passengers look so terrified?

She smiled and said, because we just got off highway 95.

Say it like you mean it. 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 Build Your Altar.

We can all look back in life and see times where God made away.

He protected us from an accident. He sustained us in a slow time.

Promoted us when we didn't deserve it. Strengthened us when we were weak or brought us through that loss.

Those weren't lucky breaks. They weren't just a coincidence. That was the hand of God protecting you, healing you, favoring you.

In the Old Testament, when these things happened, the people took time to build an altar to thank God for what he had done.

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