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.

God bless you today and enjoy the message. God bless you. It is always a joy to come into your homes.

We come with good news. We know God loves you. He's on your side. If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and see us. We'd love to have you be a part of one of our services. So thanks for tuning in today, but stop by whenever you can. I like to start with something funny each week. I heard about this groom during the wedding rehearsal.

He said to the pastor, I'll make a deal with you. If you'll change my wedding vows and leave out all

the love, honor, and obey stuff, I'll give you $100. He pressed the $100 into the minister's

hands, and he walked away with a smile. The next day during the ceremony, the minister said, do you promise to bow down before your wife,

to take her breakfast in bed every day, to fulfill her every wish?

He gulped in astonishment. Finally, in a weak voice, he said, I do. Then he leaned forward

and said, hey, I thought we had a deal.

The minister handed him his money back and said, your wife made me a much better offer.

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. I want to talk to you today about divine protection and not living in fear.

We hear so much about the terror threats and violence in our schools and how our cities are becoming

less safe. If you watch the news very long, you'll see all kinds of troubling things. Shootings, accidents, kidnappings.

And it's so easy to go around in fear rather than faith. Worried about our children,

worried about driving on the freeways, worried about our protection. One reason we worry,

one reason we give in to fear is we have forgotten that we are not alone.

The moment you were born, God assigned an angel to watch over you. He assigned one of his

powerful warriors to guard you, to protect you, to defend you. You have a secret agent with you

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