Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast. Did you know you can watch our weekend services live online each week? Of course, we'd love to have you in person if you're ever in the Houston area, but the next best thing is our online services. Thanks for downloading the podcast today, and we hope you enjoy the message.

Well, God bless you. It is always a joy to come into your homes. We love you. We know God has good things in store for you. He rewards people that seek after him. And we just trust today you'll be blessed and inspired. And just thank you for tuning in. If you're ever out in our area, come by and see us. We'd love to have you. We'll make you feel right at home. But again, thanks for watching today. And I like to get started with something funny each week.

So listen to this one. A pastor decided to skip church one Sunday and go play golf. He told his assistant he wasn't feeling well and drove to a golf course in the next city where no one would know him. He teed off on the first hole and suddenly the

wind picked up the ball, carried it an extra hundred yards and blew it right into the hole for a

420 yard hole in one. An angel said to God, what did you do that for? God smiled and said,

who's he going to tell? All right, hold up your Bibles.

Say it like you minute.

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 conceiving the good things God has in store.

You cannot give birth to something if you don't first conceive it.

And I believe that God is always trying to plant new seeds

in our heart, seeds of hope, seeds of increase, seeds of change. But if the condition of our heart is not

right, even though the seed is there, we still will not conceive it. And by conceive, I mean,

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