Victory always comes with a price, but it's always well worth the sacrifice.

Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory, featuring the teaching

ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

Coming your way next, we'll share today's message, the cost of victory.

But first, we want to share a conversation I had with Pastor Paul not too long ago.

As you know, Pastor Paul had a great desire for reaching as many as he could through the use of media.

It's why he loved radio and why he always wanted the radio ministry of Destin for Victory to continue

long after his preaching days were over. Well, during one of our recording sessions, we asked him to talk about why radio

was so important, and we thought you'd like to hear what he had to say. Well, I want to tell you

that it's important to me as a discipller that my voice has heard and it is used to help people

grow in their knowledge of the Lord and in their faith walk with

him. Fact of the matter is, my voice doesn't sound like most of the other folks you hear

on Christian radio. I'm well aware of that, and I'm really comfortable with that. I come from my

own unique background, both ethnically and in terms of life experience.

There are things I share.

There are things I say, and there are the ways that I say them that are unique.

I believe that that perspective needs to be heard throughout Christendom.

And so while I'm so grateful for all of my heroes, your heroes are mine.

I listen to the same people, the guys who have been on the radio for decades and have

proclaimed God's word faithfully.

I really do appreciate those guys.

But I've learned not to be intimidated by them because I've got my own way of processing

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