Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard.

We'll get started with today's message in just a moment.

But first, as you may know, it's been a challenging year at Destin for Victory.

We lost our dear friend and teacher, Pastor Paul, who went home to be with the Lord in January.

We don't always know why the Lord works the way he does, but the one thing we do know is that Pastor Paul wanted to keep the media ministry of Destin for Victory going long

after he was gone. Now here's an important announcement from Destin for Victory's executive director,

Alicia Shepard Greer. Pastor Paul's media ministry is at a crossroads, and as executive director

and as his daughter, I'm sincerely asking for your help. When my father went to be

with the Lord earlier this year, you all showed such tremendous support and we are so grateful for each and

every one of you. But recently, we experienced a change in one of our significant sources of funding,

and that change has led to a deficit.

So we need your help to keep Pastor Paul's teachings on the air.

Every December, we do a special fundraising push, but this year, because of the deficit, it's especially important.

So we're asking you to prayerfully consider giving a gift over and above your normal amount to help us keep this teaching legacy alive. And what's so

special is that this month, we're offering a special thank you gift. It's a collection of my dad's

last year of teaching in the pulpit, and it's called

Becoming an Excellent Stewart.

The family just finished up edits, and now it will be going to print.

We wanted to make sure it truly captured his voice, and it came out beautifully.

I spent my dad's birthday weekend reading the entire book and it feels like a book of

his best biblical life advice, so I know it will bless you. You can make a donation and request

the book by visiting pastor paul.net. Thank you so much for standing with us and keeping this

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