Good morning I'm on week one of uh a four week break that I'm gonna be able

to have after we've had consecutive events for months now But um just over the last month

uh we've we've got to reach tens of thousands of people in person and hundreds of

thousands of people through the videos And I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to write a

thank you letter or send out a note to somehow express my appreciation And I

thought I'm just gonna shoot a video because uh there's so much that takes place um

in the dynamics of our life and we get lots of letters of appreciation People come up and

tell us how um how thankful they are and just tons of of words of affirmation

and encouragement that we get But you guys don't get that And the reality is the people that are

supporting us and praying for us Um They're like this power behind what it is that we're able to

do And so I want to thank you personally uh whatever level of commitment you have to

this ministry and your involvement in it Most of why we're able to go and do

these things Um a lot of what we do we don't get paid to do

And so it just requires all of us doing this together But I want you to

experience I'll just explain as quick as I can this this principle that makes it to where as

as much as it is um encouraging to to receive those words of affirmation from

people or letters or feedback Really what drives us as a family is is just living in the pleasure of

God knowing that uh we can feel His pleasure just because we're being obedient to whatever it is that

he's put in front of us Not because we're doing some great events or because we

have a great public ministry But the simple things that we get to do in our

home and um just being a dad being a husband being a friend um taking

care of a property uh all those things that you can just find the joy of God in it And

that when we learn to live off of his affirmations then um we can we can take the

applause of people or the words of people and and be encouraged by them but it's not it's

not what sustains us And so as you're giving into this ministry there's no way for

me to thank you enough and make you feel the the the type of affirmation that our father can when

you just know that that he sees your sacrifice he sees your obedience and uh he's just super well pleased

in that And it is the joy of the Lord that gives us strength And

Jesus told me straight that's the only time he's come to me in dream and said what that

means is that when you feel my joy you're unstoppable And so I pray over each

of you that you would just feel the joy of the lord over you today