I want to let you know the only thing that'll make your life different is if you will develop an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.

It's the only thing. Going to church won't make you different. You can be a church going heathen just like a non-church going heath.

And so the difference is knowing him. It's the one thing that will make a difference in your life

and we'll tell you all about it next on today's Destined for Victory featuring Pastor Paul

Shepard. Well, I'm sure you heard it said many times. Christianity is a relationship, not a religion.

It was founded upon a person, not a platitude. Coming up next, a story of one of the great heroes of the

faith and to the intimate relationship he shared with God. He knew the doctrine, he knew the law,

but above all, he had a deep desire to know the God behind it. Now, remember, you're always invited to visit pastorpaul.net,

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Now, let's listen closely to Pastor Paul's Destined for Victory message, prove it.

God will inconvenience your life to bless somebody else's life.

He'll make you go through certain things so when you come out and testify as to how you came out, it'll bless somebody else's life.

And that's not just true for leaders.

That's for all of us who walk with God.

Some of what you're going through is not just for you.

It's for somebody else.

You say, Lord, why in the world are you

letting all this hell break out in my life? Because somewhere down the road, and it might not be

long, there will be a divine appointment. And God will allow your life to intersect with somebody

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