We got a generation of Christians who have candy store fixation.

They just think God is a cosmic Santa Claus, and he has come to just give you everything

you want, and you've got folk trying to claim promises and leave off the condition.

God will always keep his promises,

but more often than not, there's a condition attached. Hello, and thanks for stopping by for

today's Destin for Victory, where we feature the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

You know, the revelation of Jesus Christ tells us more about who he is than it does about when he might

return. He is the

king of kings, the Alpha and Omega, the one who died so that all of us, including his murderers,

might live. So we should be encouraged to not only worship him, but to trust him, to take him

at his word. But as you'll see today, when God makes you a promise, it almost always comes

with a condition or two.

As always, you're invited to come see us at Pastor Paul.net, where you can listen to any recent message on demand, including today's.

That's pastor Paul.net.

So let's listen closely to Pastor Paul's Destined for Victory Message, Jesus in high definition.

You remember when Moses saw a bush burning and it wasn't consumed because you would expect the fire eventually to go out since it wasn't among all these other bushes, a standalone

bush that was burning and burning and burning, and God did that to attract Moses' attention.

And Moses said, let me go turn

aside and see what in the world's going on with this bush. And you know he ran into God, had to take his shoes off, and God began to describe himself to him and told him, I've called you to go, and you're to go to Pharaoh, tell him, let my people go. And so he was shocked by all of that. But at a certain point, Moses said, now, if I go to Pharaoh, I know Pharaoh.

Pharaoh is a bad boy. That's the Paul Shepherd version of the Bible. He's a bad boy. I've been there.

I was raised in the palace. I know Pharaoh up close and personal. If I go to somebody like him and tell him,

somebody told me to tell you to let my people go,

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