Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Well, God bless you.

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We love you and we know God has great things in store.

And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our services. We'd love to meet you one-on-one. But thanks so much for tuning in today. And thanks again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this pastor. He was greeting people in the lobby after the service. and he saw this man that he hadn't seen in a long, long time. He pulled him aside and said, sir, you need to join the army of the

Lord. The man said, what do you mean? I'm in the army of the Lord. The pastor said, well, how come I only

see you on Christmas and Easter? The man whispered back, I'm in the secret service.

All right, hold up your Bible. 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 taking steps to grow. We have to realize that growth is not automatic. There are many successful

people, but they haven't reached half of their potential because they stopped growing. There's

something called destination disease. That is, when we reach a certain goal, when we get our

degree, when we get a certain position, when we get our degree, when we get a certain position,

when we get the house paid off, we just kick back and put our mind in neutral and we coast

off of what we've already learned. We may make a little progress here and there, but we're

really not learning anything new. We're really not growing. We're not

becoming better in our careers, better in our personal life. One of the reasons is the way

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