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 a joy to come into your homes. And if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part

of one of our services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at

Lakewood, and we would love to have you. I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this

husband and wife. They were celebrating their 60th birthdays together, when an angel suddenly

appeared and said that God was going to grant them each one special request. They were so excited.

The wife said, my request is that we'd be able to travel all over the world. And poof,

when the smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. The husband put his

head down in shame, said, my request is that I'd be married to a woman 30 years younger than me.

And poof, when the smoke cleared, he was 90 years old. That's what he gets. So here we go.

This is my Bible. I am what it says 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 how bad do you want it? The dreams God has placed in your heart, the promises he's spoken

to you are not going to come to pass without opposition, without delays, without people trying to talk you out of it.

There will be plenty of opportunities to get discouraged, to lose your passion, and think that it's not meant to be.

But if you're going to reach your destiny, you have to have a made-up mind.

If you give up after the first time or the fifth time

or the 30th time, what that really means is you didn't want it bad enough. There should be something

you're believing for that you are relentless. You are not moved by how impossible it looks.

You're not discouraged by how long it's taking. You don't give up because people are not moved by how impossible it looks. You're not discouraged by how long it's taking. You don't

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