Hi, this is Joel and Victoria.

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Well, God bless you.

Always a joy to come into your homes.

We love you and we know God has great things in store, and we pray for you

every single day. If you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our

services. We'd love to have you. I promise you we'll make you feel right at home, but thanks so

much for tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out. I'd like to start with something

funny each week, and I heard about this

new police recruit. He was taking his final exam, was in the front of this big classroom, and the

sergeant asked him, what would you do if you had to arrest your own mother-in-law? Without

missing a beat, he said, call for backup. 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 full of hope.

God has put dreams and desires in every one of our hearts.

We all have goals we want to accomplish,

situations we're believing to turn around. But so often, when it's taken a long time and things are not working out, it's easy to lose our enthusiasm. And that's when the negative thoughts come,

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