Hi, it's Joel and Victoria. What a joy to be with you today. We always counted an honor.

Know that we're praying for you and your family. We sure hope you enjoy this podcast today. And we just

are praying for you and know that God is for you. So enjoy today's message.

God bless you. It's great to be with you today. And I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast or YouTube channel, social media. And you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. I'd like to start with something funny. And I heard about this little girl. She was sitting on her grandfather's lap and she noticed

how wrinkled his face was. As she contemplated the difference between his and hers, she said,

Granddaddy, did God make you? He kind of laughed and said, yes, honey, he made me a long time ago.

She then asked, did God make me? He said, yes. He made you just a little while

ago. She thought about it a minute. Said, Granddaddy, God's getting better, isn't he? All right, y'all, 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 building yourself up.

It's good to have people that cheer us on and speak faith into our life, a spouse that

compliments us, a neighbor with an uplifting word, a friend that's always there to encourage.

It's healthy when you have people

that make you feel valued and appreciated, but it becomes unhealthy if you start depending on them

to keep you cheered up. If they don't compliment you, you don't feel good about who you are.

If they're not there to encourage you, you don't have

the passion. That coworker doesn't tell you you did good on your project, you're down,

thinking you're not enough. We can become addicted to approval and addicted to compliments

to where we base our value, our worth on what people are telling us.

Kind of like a drug, we need them to feel good about who we are.

But God didn't create you to be dependent on someone else to keep you fixed.

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