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

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Well, God bless you. Always enjoy to come to your home. We've got good news. God is on your side. He rewards people that seek after him.

So thanks for tuning in today. And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our services.

We give you a personal invitation. I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks again for tuning in today.

I got a little funny email today. It's kind of short, so see what you think. A police recruit was asked during his final exam.

What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother-in-law? He thought about it a moment and then said call for backup.

Alright, hold up your bivoules and say it like you mean it. Ready? 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'll be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same.

I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever-living seed of the word of God. I'll never be the same. Never, never, never. I'll never be the same in Jesus' name.

God bless you. You sound great as usual. I want to talk to you today about being a person of diligence and not having a lazy, passive attitude.

It's so easy to get complacent in life to where we sort of wish we had something but we're really not doing anything about it.

We're not actively taking steps toward it. Well, I wish I had his physique. I wish I had muscles like that man.

But the problem is while we're at home at night watching TV eating a little popcorn, he's at the gym working out.

He's diligent in that area and we're passive. When you're diligent, you do what you know is right and not just what you feel like doing.

When you're diligent, you are determined to just keep on keeping on no matter what comes against you.

You don't have that weak, not able to attitude. You don't give up and get discouraged because something is hard or because it's not happening as quickly as you would like.

No, a diligent person just digs his heels in and keeps on pressing forward. But too many people today want everything easy.

And so they end up falling into that trap of having a lazy, complacent attitude. They're wishing for a whole lot but they're not doing anything about it.

Well, Joel, I wish I knew more scriptures. I wish my house was clean or I wish my hair looked like her hair. No, quit wishing and start doing something about it.

And nowadays, if your hair is dark, you can make it light. If it's straight, you can make it curly. If you don't have any, you can go buy some.

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