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

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But thanks so much for tuning in today. Thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. I heard about these three men that were out in the wilderness.

They came up on this violent, raging river. They needed to get to the other side.

The first man prayed, God, please give me the strength to make it across. And poof, God gave him big arms and strong legs. And he was able to swim across in two hours.

Seeing this, the next man prayed, God, please give me the strength and the tools to make it across. And poof, God gave him a boat. He was able to row across in 30 minutes.

The next man said, God, please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence to make it across. And poof, God turned him into a woman.

She looked at the map, height, five minutes upstream, and walked across the bridge.

Hold up your bibles. And yes, that was sent to me by a woman. 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 stay in open for change. Mark Twain said, the only person that likes change is a wet baby.

One reason change is one of the most difficult things that we all face, but change is inevitable. One reason we don't like change is we get comfortable where we are.

We get used to our friends, our job, the place we live, and even if it's not perfect, we accept it because it's familiar.

And what happens because we're not willing to change, we get stuck in what God used to do instead of moving forward into what God is about to do.

And just because God's blessed you where you are, doesn't mean you can just sit back and settle there. I read about these people that went to a leading company that rents out movies and videos.

They said, we've got an idea and we'd like to partner with you on it. We've developed the technology to send movies through the internet.

That way people wouldn't have to come up to the store and rent the movie and drive back and drop it off. It would eliminate all the travel. The company wasn't interested.

They said, no thanks. We're the leaders in our field. We know what we're doing. The people said, fine, when out and started their own company, they called it Netflix.

Today it's taken off and practically put the other people out of business.

My point is you have to stay open to what God is doing now. What worked five years ago may not work today. If you're going to be successful, you have to be willing to change.

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