Don't ask him how to bless you this week.

Ask him how to make you a blessing.

Because I'm telling you folks, those who present themselves to be used are those who can expect to be blessed.

If you cling to your life, you will lose it, but if you give your life away for my

sake, you will find it.

Hello and welcome to Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard.

With those words in Matthew Chapter 10, Jesus drew a map that leads to the joy-filled

life.

In the kingdom of God, self-improvement begins with self-denial.

It is in giving and giving liberally that we receive all the best God has to offer. On today's

Destin for Victory with Pastor Paul Shepard, a message that will encourage you to be humble,

to even be self-forgetful, and to use the gifts God has given us to bless the

lives of everyone around us. Online, you'll find us at Pastor Paul.net, where you can hear any

recent Destined for Victory Message on demand, including today's. That's pastor paul.net.

Now, let's listen closely that Pastor Paul's Destined for Victory Message. Unwrap your gifts and give them away.

You've got to learn to put him first, put his kingdom first.

Thy kingdom come, Jesus taught us to pray.

Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

I'm putting the kingdom first, and then God will take care of me.

That story of the Shunamite woman I often refer to in Second King's chapter four

is a story that illustrates it beautifully.

Here was a woman who was barren.

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