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

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Well, God bless you. Always a joy to come into your homes. We love you and we're believing for God's very best in your life.

And if you're ever in our area, I hope that you'll stop by and see us.

Part of one of our services, we give you a personal invitation and I promise you we will make you feel right at home.

But thank you so much for tuning in today. I'd like to get started with something funny each week.

Of course, these are not doctrinally correct. It's just to make it laugh. But listen to this one.

A cat and a mouse died on the same day and went to heaven. After a couple of weeks, Peter asked the mouse, how do you like it so far?

The mouse replied, great, but it's so big, do you think I could get a pair of roller skates?

He said, no problem in giving the skates. A few weeks later, Peter saw the cat and asked him how he liked it.

The cat replied, it's great. And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, I discovered the meals on wheels.

All right, hold up your bibles. Say it like you mean it. Ready? 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 have boldly confessed my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same in Jesus' name.

God bless you. You sound great as usual. I want to talk to you today about having a strong will and being determined that you're going to live a life of victory.

It's so easy to get complacent to where we're not really believing for anything better. We're not pressing forward and we're not expecting anything to change.

Well Joel, I've always had this sickness. Are my marriages been doomed from the start? Are this business? This is so slow, I don't think it'll ever get any better.

But now you've got to get rid of that passive complacent mentality. If you're going to experience God's best, you've got to stay aggressive and you've got to be determined that no matter what comes against you, you are not going to give up and just settle for mediocrity.

The strength of your will is going to determine whether or not you reach your full potential in life.

Really, there's nothing any stronger than your own will. If you want something bad enough, if you're persistent and you refuse to give up, then you can see that come to pass.

And I realize, willpower alone is not enough. But when God sees you doing all that you can do, when He sees your resolve, that's when He's going to show up and help you do what you could not do.

But the problem today is many people are weak willed. They don't have determination. They don't know how to dig their heels in and just fight the good fight of faith.

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