Hello and welcome to Destin for Victory, where we feature the preaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

We've got a great message coming your way in just a few moments.

But first, I want to share a conversation I once had with Pastor Paul.

I ask him about the power of partnership and also about what he would say to you are listening friends and partners if he could visit with you

in person. Here's what he said. I want them to know your partnership is very, very important and

necessary. When you think about it, starting way back, I'm thinking about Moses, he could not have

been Moses without the partners.

God gave him.

God raised up Joshua.

The Bible called Joshua Moses' minister before it called him God's minister.

And Joshua was one of those key people.

Aaron, his brother, was one of his key partners.

Every man or woman of God since then,

all the way into, of course, when you get to the ministry of Jesus, Jesus himself required

partnership. Isn't that amazing that the God man needed partners? He took Peter, James, and John farther into the Garden of Githemone, and he said,

just stay here and watch with me. And he cried and poured out his heart to get ready for that

moment when he would lay down his life for us. And he needed that partnership. He had Peter, James,

and John. He also had Mary, Martha,

and Lazarus. Then when you look at the apostles, there is no Paul without Timothy, without

Silas, without Barnabas. And on and on, all of us need partners. So the bottom line is,

I'm so grateful for every man, woman, boy, and girl who has become a partner for our ministry so you can keep on providing this platform so that we can reach even more people for the Lord Jesus Christ.

And today, your partnership with us is more important than it's ever been. For as little as

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