1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Crosswalk devotional. We're glad to have you listening. 3 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 2: Today's topic is when you need Big Faith to Face 4 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: Big Things. We'll return with the devotional after a brief 5 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 2: message from one of our sponsors. When you Need Big 6 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: Faith to Face Big Things Written and read by Carrie Iiberger. 7 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 2: I know what it is to be in need, and 8 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 2: I know what it is to have plenty. I have 9 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 2: learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, 10 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or 11 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: in want. I can do all this through Him who 12 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:07,280 Speaker 2: gives me strength Plypians four, Verse twelve and thirteen. I've 13 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: watched people face things I can't fathom. I've seen young 14 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: friends lose spouses and parents and babies. I've watched couples 15 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: on the brink of divorce after extreme betrayal, then bounce back. 16 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 2: I've sat with women who have battled more health issues 17 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: than I can imagine. I have witnessed others who have 18 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 2: taken on more tragedy in a couple of years than 19 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 2: I hope to endure in an entire lifetime. And I've 20 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 2: wondered time and again how in the world they kept 21 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: it together, because they certainly seem to. I have a 22 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 2: strong faith, but how would my faith stand up against 23 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 2: some of the hardest things I can hardly even contemplate. 24 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: And I'm going to go ahead and tell you the 25 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: common thread of these situations. Each of these individuals who 26 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: encountered the incomprehensible pointed to Jesus. It was their faith 27 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: in Him, they said, held them up and together. But 28 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 2: how about you, how solid has your faith felt in 29 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: really difficult times? Or if you don't think he've gone 30 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 2: through such treacherous waters as mentioned, how do you think 31 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: your faith would hold up if you were to do You, 32 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: like me, hear the story of Paul in the New Testament, 33 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: who shares enduring the worst of the worst, yet still 34 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: rejoices in Jesus, And you wonder how in the world 35 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: did he do it? But here's what we have to remember. 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: It's Jesus. He was, how he is. How the longer 37 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: I have lived, I'm learning that it's true. He really 38 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: is who he says he is, He really does do 39 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: what he say he'll do. I have first hand experienced 40 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 2: his profound power and peace because though I am weak, 41 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 2: he is strong. It's not my power that gets me through. 42 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: It's his. It's him, and same for you. If you 43 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 2: call him your Lord and savior, he'll be with you 44 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 2: as well. If you look to and lean on him, 45 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: if you place your faith in him, he will carry you, 46 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: just like he has carried all of his children through 47 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: hard times. He really will. I've read about it, heard 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 2: about it, and believe it more each day as I 49 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 2: see it over and over in my own life. It 50 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: is God who gives the strength. In Philippians chapter four, 51 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: Paul remarks, I know what it is to be in need, 52 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: and I know what it is to have plenty. I 53 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: have learned the secret of being content in any and 54 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in 55 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 2: plenty or in want. I can do all this through 56 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: Him who gives me strength. He says he knows what 57 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: it is to be in need, and does he ever 58 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 2: yet he'll learned to be content. He learned how to 59 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: withstand extreme trials and suffering while keeping the faith. And 60 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: he doesn't say it is by his strength he did this. 61 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: He says it is by God's strength. God reminds us 62 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: time and again throughout his word that he will never 63 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: leave us. He reminds us of His mighty power that 64 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 2: resides with us and within us. This was true for Paul, 65 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 2: It's true for me, and it's true for you. It 66 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: is your faith. It is God that will strengthen you 67 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 2: and hold you. And your faith is big enough to 68 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: face big things because God is big enough to get 69 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: you through them. Hope this gives you some encouragement today. 70 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: I understand it's hard to imagine being able to endure 71 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 2: the most difficult traumas and tragedies of life. Those are 72 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: the things we all fear. But the truth is God 73 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: is who he says he is. He is our ultimate protector, 74 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 2: provider and peacegiver. And God will do what he says 75 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: he'll do. He will care for us and carry us 76 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: intersect faith in life. So today, tomorrow, or someday down 77 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 2: the road, if you face something that looks too big 78 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 2: that you doubt and wonder how and if you will 79 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: get through it, look to Lord, Lean on the Lord, 80 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: and know that it is Him and his strength that 81 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 2: remains in you, and we'll get you through. This is 82 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: a promise that you can count on always. If you 83 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: liked what you've heard today, I think you will love 84 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: my latest book when over worry, conquer what shakes you, 85 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 2: and soar with the one who overcomes. You can find 86 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 2: it on Amazon or your favorite online retail site. 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