Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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We believe you're going to have an awesome 2024, healthy, productive, and favor-filled.

God bless you today and enjoy the message.

Yes, thank you, Lord.

We do believe, Father, showing up has made a difference. As we sing that song, I just want to remind us about something.

See, God has given us his grace. He's covered us. All of our failures and all of our mistakes.

He's never going to fail us. He's always going to love us. What a beautiful position to be in.

Such a secure position to be in. In fact, when you think about that, it makes you want to do better.

It makes you want to rise higher. In fact, the scripture says it's the goodness of God that leads us to repentance.

You could say it like this. It's the goodness of God that works in us and makes us better,

makes us into the people he's called us to be. See, the same goodness, the same love, the same

unfailing love. It not only is for us,

but it's for those around us. It's for our family. It's for our spouses, our children, our relatives,

our neighbor. You see, God blesses us and gives us this, not to hold on to it for ourselves, not to say, oh, this is so great God.

No, he blesses us so that we can spread the blessing, so that we can give the favor, so that we can be that conduit on this earth.

It's called the hands and feet of Jesus. And I want us to believe with all

of our heart that we are so covered and so loved that we are able to do the same for other people.

I want to talk today about our families, making sure we are covering our families, making sure we are

loving them, considering them, not just putting them on our to-do list, but putting them on our

to-love list. Every day, are you loving the gifts that God is giving you? You see, children, the Bible says,

they're a heritage. They're a gift from God. See, we're not just supposed to work for them.

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