Hello and welcome to another great day here on Destin for Victory, where we feature the teaching

ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard. Coming your way in just a few moments, we move ahead in our

teaching series, Straight Talk for Singles. But before we get going, I want to share part of a

conversation I had with Pastor Paul. We were talking about the power of partnership, people working together

to reach a common goal. So I ask him what he would say to you are listening friends and partners,

and here's what he said. I want them to know your partnership is very, very important and necessary.

When you think about it, starting way back, I'm thinking about Moses,

he could not have been Moses without the partners. God gave him.

God raised up Joshua. The Bible called Joshua Moses' minister before it called him God's

minister. And Joshua was one of those key people. Aaron, his

brother, was one of his key partners. Every man or woman of God since then, all the way into,

of course, when you get to the ministry of Jesus, Jesus himself required partnership. Isn't that

amazing that the God man needed partners? He took Peter,

James, and John farther into the Garden of Githemone, and he said, just stay here and watch with me.

And he cried and poured out his heart to get ready for that moment when he would lay down his life for us,

and he needed that partnership. He had Peter, James, and John. He also had Mary, Martha,

and Lazarus. Then when you look at the apostles, there is no Paul without Timothy,

without Silas, without Barnabas, and on and on, all of us need partners. So the bottom line is,

I'm so grateful for every man, woman, boy, and girl, who has become a partner for our ministry

so you can keep on providing this platform so that we can reach even more people for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Well, Pastor Paul always made it clear that he wanted destined for victory to continue

after his preaching days were over. So today, your partnership with us is more important

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