Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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

God bless you today and enjoy the message.

God bless you.

It's a joy to come into your homes.

We thank you for letting us spend this next half hour or so with you. And if you're ever in the Houston area, stop by and see us. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. I tell you often, but these are the finest people in all of Houston right here at Lakewood. So come out whenever you can. But God bless you. I like to get started each week with something kind of funny, and I heard about this kindergarten

teacher. She was walking around her classroom as her students drew pictures. She noticed this one little

girl drawing so intently. She asked her what she was drawing. The little girl said she was drawing

a picture of God. The teacher kind of laughed. She said, oh, honey, nobody really knows what God

looks like. The little girl without missing a beat said, they will in a minute. All right, hold

your Bibles up. Say it like you mean it today. 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. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever-living seed of the Word of God.

I'll never be the same.

Never, never, never, never, I'll never be the same in Jesus' name.

God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about staying full of joy and learning how to keep the song that God's put in your

heart. If there's one thing our society needs more of, it's joy. Too many people go around

negative and discouraged. They allow their problems and their circumstances to weigh them down.

They end up living stressed out, dragging through the day,

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