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.

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God bless you. The joy to come into your homes each week. And we love you guys. We appreciate the opportunity to spend the next half hour or so with you.

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God bless you today.

I like to get started each week with something kind of funny.

And I heard about this young police recruit.

He was taking his final exam, and he was in the front of the classroom.

And the sergeant asked him, what would you do if you had to arrest your own mother-in-law?

Without missing a beat, he said, call for backup.

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. We've been talking about trusting God and learning to embrace the place where we are.

Too many people are always fighting against everything that doesn't go their way.

They end up living frustrated and stressed out, wondering why God isn't answering their prayers

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