Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast and thanks for supporting

the ministry. We believe you're going to have an awesome 2024, healthy, productive, and favor-filled.

God bless you today and enjoy the message. God bless you. It is always a joy to come into your

homes each week, and we know that God has good things in store for you. When you delight yourself in the Lord, God will give you the desires of your heart. That's what we're believing 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. And I promise you it will make you feel right at home.

But we're so glad to have you with us today.

I like to get started each week with something kind of funny.

One day up in heaven, God told the men, I want you to form two lines.

One line is for all the men who were the head of your house.

And the other line is for the men who let the

woman be the head of the house. And the line where the woman ran the house was a hundred

miles long. The other line only had one person in it. And God said, men, look at you, I'm ashamed.

I made you to be the head, but only one man stood up to make me proud. God turned to him

and said, son, tell him, how did you manage to be the only one in this line? The man looked confused and

said, I don't know. My wife told me to stand here. 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. We've been talking

about embracing the place where we are and not fighting against everything that doesn't go our

way. We cannot pray away every uncomfortable situation. God uses the difficulties to do a work in us.

And some of the things that are uncomfortable in your life right now, if God were to remove them,

you wouldn't be prepared for the promotion that he has in store.

God is using that to develop your character and to get you prepared for greater things.

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