Hello and thanks for stopping by for today's Destin for Victory, where we feature the teaching ministry of Pastor Paul Shepard.

Coming up next, we return to the Book of Daniel for an important lesson about the law of sewing and reaping.

But first, I want to share a recording of an important conversation I had with Pastor Paul.

Over the years, we talked about a variety of subjects.

One of those conversations concerned charitable giving during the busy summer months.

I asked him if it was true that summertime was particularly tough on Destin for Victory from a financial standpoint, and here's what he had to say.

Yes, it is.

And it's simply because people

love us and they want to support us, but sometimes we're so glad to be through the winter and

the spring, and we're now in the summer, and we're ready to take some vacation time and

do some things that we've longed to do for months.

And we get to do it, whether it's travel or whatever.

But I just want to encourage and remind our listeners that if we're going to keep on preaching the word throughout the year,

then the support is absolutely necessary because I have found out that the bills don't take vacations.

They keep coming every single month.

And so we have to be ready to meet them with the finances necessary.

And again, it's not about the money.

It's what the money does. Your giving allows us to keep on declaring truth that people need to hear day in and day out, month in and month out.

So at every season, even in the summer, we get to keep preaching timeless truths if we have the financial support.

I want to thank all of our partners, all of our donors, everyone who makes sure to meet the financial needs so that lives are changed, souls are saved, and people come to know who Jesus is and how important knowing him is in their lives.

I hope you realize your donations do make a difference.

And as you give generously today, we have an outstanding resource to share with you as our way of saying thanks.

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