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.

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I like to start with something funny.

And I heard about this man.

He said, I've read so many terrible things about how bad eating sugar and junk food is for you.

I've made a firm New Year's resolution. No more reading. Say it 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 the God who exceeds expectations.

We all have things that we're believing for. Dreams to come to pass, problems to turn around.

We'd be happy if they worked out our way. But sometimes what we have in mind is not God's best. We think ordinary,

God thinks extraordinary. We think, let me have enough to get by. God thinks abundance. We think,

let me manage this addiction. God thinks freedom. We're asking for the possible when God wants to do the impossible.

He specializes in exceeding our expectations. And what he has in store for you is bigger,

more rewarding, more fulfilling than you can imagine. Paul said in Ephesians, God is able to do exceedingly,

abundantly above all we can ask or think. I believe this is going to be a year where God

exceeds your expectations. He's not going to do what you're asking for. He's going to exceed it.

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