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Thanks for tuning in. And thank you again for coming out today. I like to start with something funny. I heard about this man. Somebody had stolen his wife's credit card.

A couple of months later, the company called him and said, sir, we've got good news. We found the credit card. Without missing a beat, he said, tell the thief to keep it. He spends less than my wife.

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 enjoying the journey. Life is not really about the destination. It's about how we live all along the way.

And it's easy to become so goal oriented and so focused on our dreams that we overlook the simple things that we should be enjoying.

But we have to realize life is a journey. There's no such thing as the finish line. Once you accomplish this dream, God will give you another dream.

When you overcome this challenge, there will be another challenge. There's always another mountain to climb.

And if we make the mistake of just living for the destination, we'll look up one day and realize we've missed out on the biggest part of life.

Because most of life is routine. Most of us get up every morning, go to work, come home, eat dinner, go to bed, and do it again.

There are very few mountain tops where you graduate from school or you get married or have a child or go on vacation. The hard times are few and far between.

But many people are living for the mountain tops. They're so focused on their promotion that they work night and day. They don't really enjoy their family.

They're so stressed raising their children. They don't enjoy their children. They're so caught up in getting out of a problem. Their life goes by in a blur.

We've got to slow down and learn to enjoy the journey. This is what I had to do. Before I was married, I used to travel overseas with my father a couple of times a year.

And I lived for those big trips. I couldn't wait. I counted down the months, the weeks, hurried through the days trying to get to that trip.

When one trip was over, I'd immediately start looking forward to the next trip. One day I realized I'm hurrying through life just trying to get to my big events.

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