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.

Well, God bless you. It's always a joy to come into your homes. We love you and we're believing for God's very, very best in your life. If you're ever in our area, come out and be a part of one of our services here at Lakewood. I promise you it will make you feel right at home. But thanks again for tuning in. I'd like to start with something funny each week, and I heard about this man. He was the only Protestant in a large Catholic neighborhood. And every

Friday during Lent, while all of his neighbors were eating cold fish, he would be in his backyard

grilling a steak. They just couldn't stand the temptation and they decided to try to convert him

to Catholicism. He finally agreed, the priest sprinkled water over him and said,

you were born a Baptist, you were raised a

Baptist, but now you're a Catholic.

The next year, on the first Friday

of Lent, the neighbors smelled the same

smell in the air. They rushed

to his house. He was in the backyard

sprinkling water over his steak

saying, you were born a cow saying you were born a cow,

you were raised a cow, but now you're a fish.

All right.

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.

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