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 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. But I 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. I 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

taken longer than we thought. We're dealing with the challenge. If we're not careful,

we'll become complacent. Where 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 meet, the giants

you're going to defeat, that you'd 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.

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