Through Jesus, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise.

See, again, there's that word sacrifice.

The first reason to go to church is not for what you're going to get.

The first reason you go to church is for what you're going to give.

It was King David who said,

I will not sacrifice to God that which cost me nothing.

Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory,

featuring the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

You know, it's easy to praise God when life is nothing but blue skies and cotton candy,

but sooner or later, praise is going to cost you something.

And the tough times when the skies grow dark and the canty runs out, that's when

our praise becomes a sacrifice.

But as you'll see today, God has promised to give you something in return.

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Now, here is Pastor Paul's Destined for Victory Message.

Have you paid your praise bill?

We got a generation unless we teach our children manners and what it means to honor and respect, they won't learn it.

They're growing up in a world that's teaching them to distrust their parents.

It's amazing the kinds of things that are happening in our society today, where there are agencies and organizations that actually think they've got to protect our children from us.

Now, to be sure, there are some situations, some abuse where we ought to always stand against

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