Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks so much for listening to the podcast. Did you know you can watch

our weekend services live online each week? Of course, we'd love to have you in person if you're ever in the

Houston area, but the next best thing is our online services. Thanks for downloading the podcast today,

and we hope you enjoy the message. God bless you. It's always a joy to come into your homes. We love you. We come with a message of hope. We believe today as you listen that you'll be inspired and encouraged to just be all that God's created you to be. But thanks for tuning in. And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by. We give you a personal invitation. Promise you will make you feel

right at home, but thanks again for tuning in. I'd like to start each week with something kind of funny,

and of course you know these are just jokes, so don't anybody get offended. John was the only

Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood. And every Friday during Lent, while his neighbors

were eating cold fish, he was in his backyard grilling a steak.

And they couldn't stand the temptation and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism.

After several talks, John agreed, and they took him to the church, and the priest sprinkled water over him and said,

you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, but now you're a Catholic.

A year later, during the first Friday of Lent, the neighbors smelled the same smell of steak in the air.

They rushed to John's house.

He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak, saying, you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish.

All right, hold up your Bibles. Say it like you mean. Ready? 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.

I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever-living seed of the word of God.

I'll never be the same, never, never, never, never, I'll never be the same in Jesus' name.

God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about the importance of submitting to authority.

Everywhere we go, we're under some kind of authority.

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