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

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Well, God bless you. It is always a joy to come into your homes. We love you. We know God has great things in store for each one of you.

If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll come out and be a part of one of our services.

We give you a personal invitation. I promise you it will make you feel right at home.

But thanks again for coming out. Thanks for tuning in. I like to start each week with something kind of funny.

I heard about this elderly couple that were having a terrible problem with their memory.

They went to the doctor and he instructed them to start writing down everything they had been forgetting.

One night they were watching TV and the wife said, I sure would like a bowl of ice cream. The husband said, I'll go get it for you.

She said, honey, you know what the doctor said? You better write it down. He said, I'm just going to the kitchen. I'm not going to forget it.

He came back in a few minutes and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs.

She shook her head and said, I knew this was going to happen. You forgot my toast.

All right. Hold up your Bible. 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 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 staying open for something new. Successful people know how to change with the times.

They don't get stuck in a rut doing the same thing the same way year after year. They are constantly evaluating where they are and what they are doing.

They make adjustments so they can improve. Just because something worked five years ago doesn't mean it's still going to work today.

We have to stay open for change. We can't get so set in our ways that we won't try anything new.

This is why many people don't have any enthusiasm. There's no freshness in their life. Every time an opportunity comes for change, for promotion, for increase, because they're not used to it, they shrink back.

They don't realize that's what's keeping them from going to the next level.

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