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's great to be with you today.

I hope you'll say connected with us during the week through our daily

podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, and you can come visit us in person. We'd love to have

you be a part of one of our services. I'd like to start with something funny, and I heard about

these two professional baseball players. They were discussing whether or not they thought there would be baseball up in heaven.

They made an agreement that whoever died first would come back and tell if there was indeed

baseball in heaven. A few months later, one of the players died, just like he promised. He came back,

said to the other player, I've got good news, I got bad news.

The good news is there is baseball up in heaven.

The bad news is, you're scheduled to pitch next Thursday.

Saying 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 taking your image off the throne.

It's easy to go through life making decisions based on what people will think.

How will this make me look?

Will this be impressive?

Will this gain me more followers?

Will they approve me?

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