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, a call for unity in the body of Christ, something for which he himself prayed shortly before his crucifixion.

Before we get going, though, I'd like you to hear a conversation I had once with Pastor Paul.

I spoke with him about Destin for Victory's longstanding mission to reach the world for Christ, a mission that

Pastor Paul wanted to continue long after his preaching days were over. Here's that conversation.

Well, you know, when I think of victorious, my mind goes back. I'm a kid growing up watching TV in the 60s, so my mind goes back to the wide world of sports.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. There was an announcer named James McKay, Jim McKay, something like that. He had this classic line where he talked about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. And I love just

thinking about how thrilling it is to be victorious. I love, in any game I'm playing, I want to be

victorious. I tell people I don't care whether it's monopoly or something really serious. I want to win. And in life, we can

win in Christ. And that's what the Bible tells us that we are victorious in him. And victorious

means that we're following his lead, that we're letting the Holy Spirit take us where he wants

us to go in life. We're saved by his grace, and then we're

simply following his direction. And of course, the Word of God is so key to following God's

direction, because the Word is a lamb to our feet and a light to our pathway. And so those who

tune in to broadcast like Destin for Victory are really supposed to be receiving

guidance so that we can walk in and live in victory.

And that's what I pray is happening as people tune in day by day.

Well, we say it every day on the broadcast.

In Christ, you are destined for victory.

And our prayer is that you will live the victorious Christian life every single day until the coming of our Lord Jesus. You know,

the Destin for Victory Media Ministry can often go to places missionaries can't into remote areas of the world

that are often hostile to the Christian faith. We can also make it inside the

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