Hello and welcome to another great day here on Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard.

Coming your way in just a few moments, we answer a fascinating question about marriage,

the answer to which you do not want to miss.

Before we get going, though, I'd like you to hear a conversation I had with Pastor Paul.

I spoke with him about the name of our program, Destined for Victory,

which led us a chat about our goal to reach the world for Christ, a mission Pastor Paul wanted

to continue long after his preaching days were over. Here's that conversation.

Well, you know, when I think of victorious, my mind goes back. I'm a kid growing up watching TV in the 60s, so my mind goes back to the wide world of sports.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

There was an announcer named James McKay, Jim McKay, something like that.

He had this classic line where he talked about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

And I love just thinking about how thrilling it is to be victorious. I love, in any game I'm playing, I want to be victorious. I tell people I don't

care whether it's monopoly or something really serious. I want to win. And in life, we can win in Christ. And that's what the Bible

tells us that we are victorious in him. And victorious means that we're following his lead,

that we're letting the Holy Spirit take us where he wants us to go in life. We're saved by his

grace. And then we're simply following his direction. And of course,

the Word of God is so key to following God's direction because the Word is a lamb to our feet

and a light to our pathway. And so those who tune in to broadcast like Destin for Victory

are really supposed to be receiving guidance so that we can

walk in and live in victory.

And that's what I pray is happening as people tune in day by day.

We say it every day on the broadcast, in Christ you are destined for victory.

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