Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I like to start with something funny and I heard about this 85-year-old man. He was out fishing one morning. He heard a voice saying, pick me up.

He looked around, didn't see anybody. Thought he was dreaming. He heard it again, pick me up. He looked down and saw a frog.

He said, an amazement, are you talking to me? The frog said, yes, pick me up and kiss me and I'll turn into a beautiful bride.

The man quickly picked him up, put him in his front pocket. The frog said, wait a minute, I said, kiss me and I'll turn into a bride.

The man said, no thanks. At my age, I'd rather have a talking frog. 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 talked 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 make the switch. One prayer we're taught to pray is God not my will, but let you will be done.

Many times we don't know what's best for us. When it comes to guidance and direction, it's important to ask God to show us His will.

God, if it's your will, let me get this position. If it's your will, cause this relationship to move forward. That's honoring God, showing our dependency on Him.

But there are some things we don't have to pray, God, if it be your will, we can look in the Scripture and find out what the will is.

When it comes to healing, you don't have to pray, God, if it's your will, you can heal me. All through the Scripture, we can see it is God's will.

Matthew 15 says, they brought the sick, the lame, the blind, to Jesus, and He healed them all.

14 times in the Scripture, it says He healed all that were sick. I can't find one time where Jesus turned someone away and wouldn't heal them.

He didn't do it the same way, but He healed them all. You don't have to pray, Lord, if it's your will, you can bless me.

Jesus said, He came that we might live an abundant life, to the full, till it overflows. Well, God, if it's your will, you can free me from this addiction. Otherwise, I'll endure it.

I'll take up my cross and follow you, carrying the cross isn't living addicted, sick, defeated. That means not giving into carnal desires, not compromising.

But as long as you think, God, if it be your will, to heal me, to bless me, to free me, it will limit what God does.

You have to make the switch from God if you want to heal me, to God I know you want to heal me.

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