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

We love diving into God's Word with you, and we'll be doing that in just a few moments.

First, we want to remind you of our commitment to using media to share the gospel of Jesus Christ

all over the world. I once asked Pastor Paul to talk about the importance of Destin for

Victory's Media Ministry and why he felt so compelled to use his voice to lead people to faith in Christ.

Here's what he had to say. Well, I want to tell you that it's important to me as a discipller

that my voice has heard and it is used to help people grow in their knowledge of the Lord

and in their faith walk with him. Fact of the matter is, my voice doesn't sound like most of the

other folks you hear on Christian radio. I'm well aware of that and I'm really comfortable with

that. I come from my own unique

background, both ethnically and in terms of life experience. There are things I share, there are things

I say, and there are the ways that I say them that are unique. I believe that that perspective

needs to be heard throughout Christendom.

And so while I'm so grateful for all of my heroes, your heroes are mine.

I listen to the same people, the guys who have been on the radio for decades and have proclaimed God's word faithfully.

I really do appreciate those guys.

But I've learned not to be intimidated by them because I've got my own

way of processing and own way of sharing and helping people to learn and to grow in their faith.

So it's quite intentional. Sometimes I like to be really colloquial in what I say and how I say

it because I'm just using who I am,

and I think God wants to use that. He's the one who called me. I didn't call myself. He called me,

and I believe he knows what he was getting when he called me into the ministry. And so I'm just

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