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.

Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come into your homes. We love you. We know God has great things in store

for each one of you. If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our

services. I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks for tuning in today. And

thanks again for coming out this morning. I like to start with something funny each week. And of course,

this is not doctrinally correct. It's just to make us laugh. But I heard about these three men,

a Baptist, a Catholic, and a charismatic. They died on the same day and went to heaven.

St. Peter said, I'm sorry, men, but your rooms are not ready yet.

He didn't quite know what to do, so he decided to call Satan to see if he would keep them for a little while, and Satan reluctantly agreed.

A few hours later, Satan called back and said, Peter, you've got to come get these guys.

The Baptist man is saving everybody.

The Catholic man is forgiven everybody, and the charismatic has already raised enough money for air conditioning. All right, hold up your Bible,

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 having now faith. So often we have faith for the future.

We believe one day God's going to do something great. One day we'll get a good break. One day

we'll start to feel better. One day we'll see a problem turn around. And it's good to have faith for the future and believe that

God's going to take care of us. But we can become so future-minded that we lose sight of the fact

that God wants to do something great in our life today. Today God wants to show you his favor. Today God wants to amaze you with his goodness.

He's called the great I am, not the great I was or the great I will be. God is always in the

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