Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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services. These are the finest people in all of Houston, Texas, right here at Lakewood. We'd love

to have you come out. But thanks for tuning in. Thank you again for coming out today. And I'd

like to start with something funny. And I heard about this little boy. He was out in his front yard

playing. This man came

walking down the street, kind of frustrated. He said, son, I'm lost. Can you tell me how to get to

the post office? The little boy said, yeah, go to the stop sign, turn left. It's right around the

corner. He thanked him. He said, by the way, I'm the new pastor here in town. If you'll come to my church this

Sunday, I'll tell you how to get to heaven. The little boy said, no, thanks. You don't even

know how to get to the post office. Hold up your Bible. 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 gracious hand of God.

There's a popular show on television called The X Factor. The judges study the different contestants

and they try to figure out who has that indefinable something that makes them stand out.

You can't necessarily put your finger on it. It's not just talent,

not just looks, not just personality. There's just something about them that makes them special,

something that gives them an advantage. I've heard the judges say, I don't know what it is,

but you've got it. They call it the X factor. Well, in the same way, when God breathed his life into you, he puts something

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