Hello, and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul

Shepard. It's always our pleasure to study God's word together with you. You know, here

at Destin for Victory, we've always believed in the power of partnership. It's a core value put in

place years ago by Pastor Paul Shepard. And I once spoke with him about not only about the power of

partnership, but the benefits of partnership. So before we kick off today's message, we want to

share that brief conversation with you. I think that we do need to underscore that it is a win-win

situation, when a person is not only a faithful prayer warrior to undergird

us with prayer, but when they are faithful in supporting our ministry financially, there

is a real benefit to them.

Because when you think about it, Jesus said in Matthew 6, don't store up for yourselves

treasures on earth where moth corrupts and

things get eroded and all that. He says, you need to store up treasures in heaven. And if people

say, well, how in the world do you do that while you're still living on earth? The answer is,

you support things that make a difference not only for time but for eternity,

and ministries like ours are making that kind of difference.

So you get to directly benefit as a supporter because Jesus is saying, in essence, you

share in the victory, you share in the fruitfulness

of the ministries you support.

And I know that to be true.

God has blessed me over the years because of faithful listeners who stand with us every month.

I can count on the fact that part of what they do is they sow into this

ministry so that we can continue to preach timeless truths in a timely way that's making a

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