Hi, this is Victoria. Thank you so much for downloading this podcast. I believe God has amazing

things in your future. I hope you enjoy this message.

You know, we all want God to do great things in our lives. I think the cry of our heart is,

God, do something in me and through me. Let 2017 be a year that you really bring forth the dreams

and desires in my heart. But you know what's interesting about God's promises is they always come

with a condition. Usually we have to do something and then God will do something. It comes with a

condition, a stipulation. You know, I find it very interesting because if God can get us to move,

then He can move. It's almost as if His condition prepares our heart. It postures us to receive what

He has. You see, if we just wish all day, if we're just fishing in the Wishing pond, we're not

doing anything. God says, I am a partner with you. We are joint heirs in Jesus Christ. He wants us to

be active and participate in what He wants to do in our life. So as we're standing here saying, God,

do something amazing through me and in me. Bring forth my desires. Listen to what God's condition is. It's found in Psalm 37.5 and the Bible says it like this.

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. When you delight yourself in God,

He will shape in you His desires so that He can bring the best out of you. God wants to shape in you.

His desires. We all want our desires to come to pass. Oh, we love to hear God's promises.

We want God's promises. But what are we delighting in? What are we pursuing? What are we given our time to?

You see, the scripture says that when we delight in the Lord, which means when we find joy and happiness and pleasure in God,

it will shape those desires for God. You see, sometimes we have the wrong desires and we're struggling trying to make those things happen.

I think sometimes we get it backwards. We have a desire and we forget to find out what we delight in.

We forget what gives us fulfillment. We forget to pursue those things that give us joy, peace and strength and allow those things to shape us, our delight,

shapes, our desires. When Joel and I first started dating, I worked in my family's jewelry store.

I worked on Saturdays, so I would take off on Fridays. Joel worked at the church, so Sunday he would tape his father's messages,

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