Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory, where we feature the teaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

Today's message, leaving a legacy of faith, is coming up in just a moment, and it aligns perfectly with a special offer we have reserved for you as you give generously to Destin for Victory.

As you know, Pastor Paul Shepard went home to be with the Lord in January of this year. Just hours later, his daughter

Destined for Victory Executive Director Alicia Shepard, stood before the congregation at Destiny

Christian Fellowship to talk about her father and about the legacy of faith he had left behind. So I've asked Alicia to

join me in the studio for a moment. Alicia, I can't imagine how difficult it was for you to stand in

front of the congregation after the passing of your beloved father. Tell us about that and tell us

why you felt it was so important for you to share what you did that morning. Yeah, I mean, it was

incredibly difficult for me to do that. But for one, the Holy Spirit was leading me so strongly.

I barely slept that night and the Lord was really pressing on me to share. And so I knew it was

something that I needed to do and I needed to be obedient to the Lord first and foremost. And also, it was to honor

my father and to release the things that he has taught me, not only through his sermons, but through

his example. I've watched him serve in every season. And I knew that despite my pain and despite the fact that I

came in the church crying that morning, literally crying on every person, it was so important to

stand and honor his legacy, the legacy of serving God. We serve God through every season.

And not just me, but my mom, Lady Meredith Shepard, who was there the next Sunday,

and my brother who led worship, my husband, you know, we have to just press forward and continue

to serve God and to honor the legacy that the Lord left through my father. And so that was

very important for me to do. And God gives us his

strength for our weakness. And I felt that exchange of strength in that moment. Anything he calls us to do,

he enables us to do by his divine grace. And so even though I was so distressed that morning,

when I stood up there, I literally felt a supernatural exchange of God's

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