Hello and welcome to another great day on Destin for Victory, featuring the teaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

Coming your way next, we wrap up our teaching series, Straight Talk for Singles, with today's message,

priorities for victorious singles. For years now, Destin for Victory has been committed to using media to reach as many people as we can

with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I asked Pastor Paul Shepard once to talk about why radio was so

important. Here's what he had to say. Well, I want to tell you that it's important to me as a

discipller that my voice has heard and it is used to help people grow in their knowledge of the Lord and in their faith walk with him.

Fact of the matter is, my voice doesn't sound like most of the other folks you hear on Christian radio.

I'm well aware of that, and I'm really comfortable with that.

I come from my own unique background, both

ethnically and in terms of life experience. There are things I share, there are things I say,

and there are the ways that I say them that are unique. I believe that that perspective

needs to be heard throughout Christendom. And so while I'm so grateful for all of my

heroes, your heroes are mine. I listen to the same people, the guys who have been on the radio

for decades and have proclaimed God's word faithfully, I really do appreciate those guys. But I've

learned not to be intimidated by them because I've got my own way of processing

and own way of sharing and helping people to learn and to grow in their faith. So it's quite

intentional. Sometimes I like to be really colloquial in what I say and how I say it because I'm

just using who I am, and I think

God wants to use that. He's the one who called me. I didn't call myself. He called me, and I believe

he knows what he was getting when he called me into the ministry. And so I'm just trying to make a

difference because the gospel really does change lives. And I believe I have a

unique calling to help present the gospel from my own perspective. And I pray that that's resonating

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