Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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God bless you. It's great to be with you today and I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week through our daily podcast,

YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have you

be a part of one of our services. I'd like to start with something funny and I heard about this lady

she was on an airplane reading her Bible. The guy next to her said, you don't believe all that stuff in there, do you? She said, of course a do. It's the Bible. He said, well, what about that guy that got swallowed by a well? She said, you mean Jonah? Yes, I believe that too. He said, well, how could he possibly survive all that time inside of a well? She thought about it a moment. Said, I don't know. When I get to

heaven, I'll have to ask him. He laughed and said, what if he's not in heaven? She said,

then you'll have to ask him. 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 expecting a favor-filled future. It's easy to lose our

passion in life when we've been through disappointments. Dreams are taking longer than we thought.

We're dealing with the challenge. If we're not careful, we'll become complacent.

Well, we're not believing for things to turn around and not expecting good

breaks. But Paul said in Romans, be glad for all that God is planning for you. If you could see what

God has planned for you, if you knew the doors he's going to open, the people you're going to meet,

the giants you're going to defeat, did you go out

each day with a spring in your step, excited about your future, expecting God to show out in your

life? That expectancy is what allows God to do great things. That's your faith at work.

You may be in a difficult time and thoughts will whisper.

It's never going to change.

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