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.

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But thanks for tuning in today.

I'd like to get started each week with something kind of funny.

And I heard about this minister

that was driving down the road. He looked down and accidentally veered off. He went through a ditch

and ended up crashing into a telephone pole. The man behind him pulled over and ran up to him.

Said, sir, are you okay? The minister said, yes, I'm fine. The angel of the Lord was with me. The man shook his head and said, you better let him ride with me. You're about to kill him.

All right, hold up your Bibles. 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 believing that God is in control of your life.

Too many people go around worried and upset. They're always trying to figure everything out.

How am I going to get out of this problem? How can I change my child? When am I ever going to get married?

Why won't my dreams come to pass?

Their mind is constantly going, 90 miles an hour.

But that's not the way God wants us to live.

When we're really trusting him,

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