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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Jill Loustine Podcast. Help let's continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit joeloostin dot com slash give hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 5: Well, God bless you. It's joy to come into your 33 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 5: homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 5: buy and be a part of one of our services. 35 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 5: I like to start with something funny, and I heard 37 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 5: about this new police recruit. He was taking his final exam. 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 5: He was in front of a large classroom. The sergeant 39 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 5: ask him, what would you do if you had to 40 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 5: arrest your own mother in law without missing a beat? 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 5: He said, call for backup. Say it like you mean it. 42 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says, I am, 43 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have, I can do 44 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 45 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 46 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 47 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 48 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about anchored to hope. And 49 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 5: anchor is something that holds a boat in place. Once 50 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 5: the captain arrives at his destination, he puts the anchor down. 51 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 5: That way, he won't drift and end up in places 52 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 5: that he doesn't want to be. When the boat is anchored, 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 5: it may move a little bit with the waves the wind, 54 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 5: but the captain is not worried. He can relax. He 55 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 5: knows the anchor is down. The scripture tells us is 56 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 5: the anchor of our soul. What's going to keep your 57 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 5: soul in the right place, what's going to cause you 58 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,799 Speaker 5: to overcome obstacles reach your dreams, is when you are 59 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 5: anchored to hope. That means no matter what you face, 60 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 5: no matter how big the difficulty, no matter how long 61 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 5: it's taking, you know God is still on the throne. 62 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 5: You know his plans for you are for good. That 63 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 5: He's bigger than any challenge. When you're anchored to this hope, 64 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 5: nothing moves you. The winds, the waves, the storms may come. 65 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 5: You're not worried. You have your anchor down. You receive 66 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 5: a bad medical report, A lot of people would be 67 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 5: upset negative. Not you. You're anchored to hope. I know 68 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 5: God is restoring health back into me. You go through 69 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 5: a loss, a disappointment, your emotions are pulling you toward discouragement, 70 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 5: toward bitterness. But something's holding you back. You can't explain it. 71 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 5: But down, I mean to hear you hear a voice 72 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 5: saying everything's going to be all right. God has beauty 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 5: for these ashes. That's the anchor of hope. Or maybe 74 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 5: your dream looks impossible. Every voice tells you it's not 75 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 5: gonna work out. Forget it. You're wasting your time. Most 76 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 5: people would throw in the towel. But your attitude is 77 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 5: I may not see away, but I know God has 78 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 5: a way. I know he's opening doors no man can shut. 79 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 5: When you're anchor to hope, God will make things happen 80 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 5: that you could never make happen. But I've learned there's 81 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 5: always something trying to convince us to pull up our 82 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 5: anchor delays, disappointments, bad breaks, in the tough times, when 83 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 5: life doesn't seem fair, when your prayers weren't answered, when 84 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 5: it's taken longer than your thought. You have to make 85 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 5: sure to keep your anchor down. If you pull it up, 86 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 5: you'll drift into bitterness, discouragement, self pity. When you're anchored 87 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 5: to hope, it's like you're tied to it. You can't 88 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 5: go very far. You may have some negative thoughts, thoughts 89 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 5: of doubts, and well, it's never going to work out, 90 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 5: but your faith will kick in. No, I know the 91 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 5: answers on the way. On paper, it looks like it'll 92 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 5: take thirty years to get out of debt. You could 93 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 5: accept it, But because you're anchored to hope, something in 94 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 5: you says, no, I know God can accelerate it. I 95 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 5: know he has explosive blessings come in my way. Or 96 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 5: perhaps your children are off course, doesn't look like they'll 97 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 5: ever change. You should be discouraged, but you're tied to hope. 98 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 5: Every time those negative thoughts come trying to pull you away, 99 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 5: your anchor kicks in. As for me and my house, 100 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 5: we will serve the Lord. My question today is do 101 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 5: you have your anchor down. Do you have this hope, 102 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 5: this expectancy that you're going to accomplish your dreams, that 103 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,039 Speaker 5: you're going to break the addiction, that you're going to 104 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 5: see your family restored? Or have you pulled up your 105 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 5: anchor and drifted into doubt mediocrity, not expecting anything good. 106 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 5: I'm asking you to put your anchor back down. The 107 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 5: scripture says faith is the substance of things hoped for. 108 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 5: You can't have faith if you don't first have hope. 109 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 5: One time, David had a lot coming against him. He 110 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 5: was down and discouraged. He felt overwhelmed by life. He'd 111 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 5: given up on his dreams. Everything kept getting worse and worse. 112 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,239 Speaker 5: He finally said to himself, why are you cast down? 113 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 5: O my soul? Hope in the Lord, he recognized. He 114 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 5: let his circumstances convince him to pull up his anchor. 115 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 5: He said, in effect, I'm going to put my anchor 116 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 5: back down. I'm going to hope in the Lord. You 117 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 5: may not have any reason in the natural to be hopeful. 118 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 5: Doesn't look like you'll get well, meet the right person, 119 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 5: start your business. You have to do like David and 120 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 5: hope in the Lord. Don't put your hope in your circumstances. 121 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 5: They may not turn out the way you thought. Don't 122 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 5: put your hope in people. They may let you down. 123 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 5: Don't put your hope in your career. Things may change. 124 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 5: Put your hope in the Lord, in the God who 125 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 5: spoke worlds into existence, in the God who flung stars 126 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 5: into space. When you have your hope in him, the 127 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 5: scripture says, you will never be disappointed. And sure you 128 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 5: may go through some temporary setbacks. Life will happen, but 129 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 5: when it's all said and done, you'll come out better 130 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 5: than you were before. This is what Joseph did. He 131 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 5: had plenty of opportunities to pull up his anchor. He 132 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 5: was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit. He 133 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 5: could have become negative, angry. That's not right. My own 134 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 5: family did me wrong. But he kept his anchor down. 135 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 5: They sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused, put 136 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 5: in prison. It was unfair. He had a good reason 137 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 5: to be sour. Nobody would have faulted him. But through 138 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 5: all the trouble, through all the things that didn't make sense, 139 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 5: he didn't pull up his anchor. His attitude was God, 140 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: You have the final say people don't determine my destiny. 141 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 5: A bad break can't keep me from my purpose. All 142 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 5: the forces of darkness cannot stop your plan for my life. 143 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 5: Because he was anchored to hope, he didn't stay disappointed. 144 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 5: He was vindicated, promoted, put in charge of the whole nation. 145 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,479 Speaker 5: Zachariah puts it this way, if you'll be a prisoner 146 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 5: of hope, God will restore back to you double what 147 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 5: you lost. Prisoner of hope means you can't get away 148 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 5: from it. You're anchored to it. You should be discouraged, 149 00:08:56,280 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 5: but you can't help it. Despite all that's come against you. 150 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 5: Like Joseph, you still believe you're going to accomplish your dreams. 151 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 5: You should be overwhelmed. The obstacle looks bigger, Goliath looks stronger, 152 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 5: more powerful. But like David, you have your hope in 153 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 5: the Lord. You know if God be for you, who 154 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 5: dare be against you? That sickness may seem like it's 155 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 5: going to be the end of you. You could live worried, 156 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 5: stressed out, but you know nothing can snatch you out 157 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 5: of God's hand. Your hope is not in the medicine, 158 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 5: not in the treatment, not in the professionals even though 159 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 5: all those things are good, we're grateful for them. Your 160 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 5: hope is in the Lord, in the God who breathed 161 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 5: life into you, in the God who makes blind eyes 162 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 5: to see, in the God who took Joseph from the 163 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 5: pit to the palace, In the God who calls David, 164 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 5: a teenage shepherd boy to defeat a huge giant, In 165 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 5: the God who healed my mother of terminal cancer. I'm 166 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 5: asking you to keep your anchor down, keep your hope 167 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 5: the Lord. When you find yourself negative, worried, not thinking 168 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 5: it's going to work out, recognize what's happened. You pulled 169 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 5: your anchor up. The good news is you can put 170 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 5: it back down. Instead of dwelling on those negative thoughts. 171 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 5: You'll never get well, never break the addiction, never meet 172 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 5: the right person. Turn it around. Father, Thank you that 173 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 5: the answers already on the way. Thank you that healing's coming, 174 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 5: promotion's coming, The right people are coming. Thank you that 175 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 5: favor is in my future. That's how you stay anchored 176 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 5: to hope. This is what Abraham did. God gave him 177 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 5: the promise that he and his wife Sarah were going 178 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 5: to have a baby. But they were eighty years old. 179 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 5: It was impossible. It had never happened before. Abraham could 180 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: have dismissed it, thought I must have heard God wrong. 181 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 5: I'm sure His friend said, Abraham, you really think you're 182 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 5: going to have a baby. You're an old man. He 183 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 5: could have talked himself out of it. But it says 184 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 5: in Romans, for all human reason for hope being gone, 185 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 5: Abraham hoped on in faith. Sometimes there's no logical reason 186 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 5: to have hope. The medical report said my mother would 187 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 5: never get well in nineteen eighty one. It was terminal cancer. 188 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,959 Speaker 5: All the experts told us we would never get this facility. 189 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 5: Our opponents were too big, they had more resources. And 190 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 5: you may have plenty of reasons why your situation is 191 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 5: not going to work out. So you have to do 192 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 5: like Abraham, against all hope, hope on in faith, keep 193 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 5: your anchor down, don't talk yourself out of it. God 194 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 5: is not limited by the natural He is a supernatural God. 195 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 5: At nearly one hundred years of age, Sarah gave birth 196 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 5: to a baby. The promise came to pass. Didn't happen overnight. 197 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 5: They waited some twenty years. They had plenty of times 198 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 5: they were tempted to think it's never going to happen. 199 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 5: We're too old, it's been too long. If they were 200 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,439 Speaker 5: to believed those lies and pulled up their anchor of hope, 201 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 5: they would have drifted into doubt, discouragement, never saw the 202 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 5: promise come to pass. Are you drifting today, worried negative 203 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 5: in self pity? Why don't you put your anchor back down? 204 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 5: Why don't you get your hopes back up? Just because 205 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 5: the promise hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it's not going 206 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 5: to happen. You may have had some bad breaks like Joseph. 207 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 5: That doesn't mean you're not going to fulfill your purpose. 208 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 5: God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to 209 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 5: use it for your good. Shake off the discouragement, the 210 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 5: self pity. What God started in your life, He's still 211 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 5: going to bring to pass. I know a young lady 212 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 5: that I grew up with here at Lakewood, and when 213 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 5: she and her husband got married, they really wanted to 214 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 5: have a baby so badly, and they tried and went 215 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 5: through all the fertility treatments with no success. Year after 216 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 5: a year went by. At that time, she was the 217 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 5: head of our children's department. When my dad went to 218 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 5: be with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor 219 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 5: the church. She had already been believing to have this 220 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 5: baby for over twenty years. One day we were in 221 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 5: this meeting, she made the statement, I have a good 222 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 5: assistant trained, because when I have my baby, I'm going 223 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 5: to be out for a little while. I thought I 224 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 5: had missed something that she was pregnant, and nobody told me. 225 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 5: After the meeting, I asked my sister Lisa, is she 226 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 5: going to have a baby? Lisa kind of laughed and 227 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 5: said no, she's just believing to have it. She talked 228 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 5: like the baby was on the way. She didn't say 229 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,599 Speaker 5: if I have it, she said when I have it? 230 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 5: What was that she was anchored to hope? I thought 231 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 5: to myself when Lisa told me that, being the great 232 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 5: man of faith that I am, you've been believing to 233 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 5: have this baby for over twenty years. Time to let 234 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 5: it go, move on. Maybe God wants to do it 235 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 5: another way. Don't let other people talk you out of 236 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 5: what God put in your heart. Don't let someone convince you, 237 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 5: even if it's your pastor, to pull up your anchor. 238 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 5: God didn't put the promise in them. He put the 239 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 5: promise in you. That's why you can have faith when 240 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 5: they think it's far out. That's why you can believe 241 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 5: for it when to them it seems totally impossible. This 242 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 5: young lady kept her anchor down, like Abraham, against all hopes. 243 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 5: She hoped on in faith. Twenty nine years later, she 244 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 5: went to the doctor for a checkup. He said, congratulations, 245 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 5: you're pregnant. Not with one baby, you're pregnant with twins. 246 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 5: That's what Zachariah said. If you'll stay anchored to hope, 247 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 5: God will restore back to you double what you lost, 248 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 5: what you've been believing for, maybe taking a law long time, 249 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 5: but what God started he's going to finish. God doesn't 250 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 5: abort dreams. Keep your anchor down. When I was a 251 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 5: young boy, our family used to go to Galveston a lot, 252 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 5: and I couldn't wait to get in the water and 253 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 5: play in the waves. We would find a place there 254 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 5: on the beach for our shoes and our towels and 255 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 5: put them up on the sand, and then we'd take 256 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 5: off and start having fun in the water. In a 257 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 5: couple of hours, when we were ready to take a break, 258 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 5: we would look up and realize we were way down 259 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 5: the beach from where we started. Our towels were a 260 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 5: couple hundred yards away. We didn't know it, but that 261 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 5: whole time we had been slowly drifting. The scripture describes 262 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 5: hope as the anchor of our saws. It wouldn't use 263 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 5: the word anchor unless there was a possibility of drifting. 264 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: And this is what happens in life. If you don't 265 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 5: keep your anchor down, if you don't stay filled with hope, 266 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 5: by little, you'll start drifting, getting a little negative, worried, discourage. 267 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 5: I'm never gonna have the baby, Joel. It's been too long. 268 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 5: I'll never break this addiction. I'll never overcome this challenge. 269 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 5: The problem is you don't have your anchor down. When 270 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 5: you're anchored to hope, you may have negative circumstances, but 271 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 5: you're not worried. You know God is fighting your battles. 272 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 5: You may not see how your dream can come to pass, 273 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 5: but you don't give up. You know God is behind 274 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 5: the scenes arranging things in your favor. You may go 275 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 5: through a bad break, a loss, but you don't get bitter. 276 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,440 Speaker 5: You know, weeping endures for a night, but joy is 277 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 5: coming in the morning. Here's what I'm saying. When you're 278 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 5: anchored to hope. Does it mean you won't have difficulties. 279 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 5: It means when those difficulties come, you won't drift. Nothing 280 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 5: will move you, the storms, the waves, the tides. They 281 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 5: may change, but you're consistent. Your hope is in the Lord. 282 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 5: And what's interesting is when we were at the beach 283 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 5: in the water, it wasn't a big storm that caused 284 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 5: us to drift. It wasn't a hurricane, a flood, or tornado. 285 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 5: It was the normal movement of the ocean. If you 286 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 5: don't keep your anchor down, the normal currents of life 287 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 5: will pull you off course. Not a major sickness, a divorce, 288 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 5: a llall, just everyday life. Perhaps you don't realize that 289 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 5: you've drifted into doubt. You're not believing for your dreams anymore. 290 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 5: You used to be excited about it. It's been a 291 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 5: long time. How you've lost your passion? Have you drifted 292 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: into self pity? You had a bad break, somebody did 293 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 5: you wrong. You used to be loving, kind, fun, Now 294 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 5: you're more sour, hard to get along with. Maybe you've 295 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 5: drifted into worry. You used to believe that God was 296 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 5: in control, that he's taking care of you, But you 297 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 5: pulled up your anchor. You're living stressed out. You can 298 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 5: get back to where you're supposed to be. You can 299 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 5: put your anchor of hope down today, start believing again, 300 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 5: start expecting again. Life is too short to go through 301 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,439 Speaker 5: it drifting negative, worried, no passion. If you don't have 302 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 5: this hope that something good is coming, it will limit 303 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 5: what God can do. That's why Paul told Timothy stir 304 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 5: up your gifts. You have to stir up your hope, 305 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 5: otherwise you'll drift toward the negative. Well, Joel, if God 306 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 5: was so good, why haven't my dreams come to pass? 307 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 5: Why did I have these bad breaks? It's because there 308 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 5: is an enemy of your soul that's trying to keep 309 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 5: you from your destiny. The good news is the forces 310 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 5: that are for you are greater than the forces that 311 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 5: are against you. Don't let what happens in life, big 312 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 5: or small, convince you to pull up your anchor. If 313 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 5: you'll keep your hope in the Lord, all the forces 314 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 5: of cannot hold you back. And this is not about 315 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 5: just being positive, being hopeful. This is about keeping your 316 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 5: soul anchored to the right thing. Because I've learned, if 317 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 5: you don't stay anchored to hope, Over time, you'll become 318 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 5: anchored to something else. You can become anchored to discouragement, 319 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 5: where that's your default setting. You wake up in the 320 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 5: morning discouraged. You see everything through a tained perspective. Everything 321 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 5: is sour. It's because you're anchored to the wrong thing. 322 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 5: I know people who are anchored to bitterness. They're so 323 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 5: focused on the bad breaks, on who hurt them now 324 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 5: that bitterness is poisoning their life. And you may have 325 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 5: a good reason to feel that way. I'm simply saying, 326 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:51,479 Speaker 5: staying anchored to those things will keep you from your destiny. 327 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 5: It will cause you to miss your purpose. It's time 328 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 5: to cut those anchors and come over into hope. God 329 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 5: did not breathe his life. You crown you with favor, 330 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 5: give you a royal robe, so you could go around 331 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 5: anchored to bitterness, anchored to doubt, anchor to worry. He 332 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 5: created you to be anchored to hope, to go out 333 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 5: each day expecting his goodness, knowing that the days ahead 334 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 5: are greater than the days we leave. And when you 335 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 5: face difficulties and we all do keep the right perspective. 336 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 5: If David would have looked at Goliath and thought, oh man, 337 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 5: I'll never defeat him. He's twice my SiGe. I don't 338 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 5: have a chance. If he would have pulled up his 339 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 5: anchor of hope, we wouldn't be talking about him today. 340 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 5: Goliath wasn't sent to defeat David. He was sent to 341 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 5: promote David. What you're facing is not meant to stop you. 342 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 5: It's meant to move you towards your divine destiny instead 343 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 5: of being negative. Why is this happening to me? How's 344 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 5: it ever going to work out? 345 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 2: No? 346 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 5: Turn it around, Lord, I don't see away, but my 347 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 5: hope is in you. I know you. You have it 348 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 5: figured out. You'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. 349 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 5: Proverb says, hope deferred makes the heart sick. If you 350 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 5: don't have the hope that the problem's going to turn around, 351 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,719 Speaker 5: the hope that the baby is on the way, that 352 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 5: the new house is in your future, then your heart 353 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 5: that means your spirit will be sick. When we're not hopeful, 354 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 5: something is wrong on the inside, even physically, when we're stressed, 355 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 5: run down, worried, that weakens our immune system doesn't fight 356 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 5: off disease like it should. For your health's sake, keep 357 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 5: your anchor of hope down. When we all go through 358 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 5: seasons in life, we're's not real exciting. It's easy to 359 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 5: have the blaws, lose our enthusiasm. Those are the normal 360 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 5: currents of life. Nobody lives on cloud nine where it's 361 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 5: exciting all the time. Part of the good fight of 362 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 5: faith is to stay hopeful in the dry seasons when 363 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,919 Speaker 5: you don't see anything happening, when it's taken a long time, 364 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 5: keep a smile on your face all through the day. Lord, 365 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 5: thank you that something good is coming my way. Well, Joel, 366 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 5: what if I do that nothing happens. What if you 367 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 5: do it and something does happen. I'd rather go through 368 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 5: life anchor to hope than anchor to fear, anchor to worry, 369 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 5: anchor to bitterness. That's gonna draw in more defeat. One 370 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 5: time in high school, a friend of mine invited me 371 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 5: to go fishing with him, and we drove about an 372 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,439 Speaker 5: hour out in his boat off the coast, and we 373 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 5: fished for most of the morning. When we were finished, 374 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 5: he asked me to pull up the anchor. I pulled 375 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 5: and pulled all of my strength. I couldn't get it up. 376 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 5: His father came over and we pulled together. Still wouldn't budge. 377 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 5: My friend cranked up the engine. It's a big, powerful motor, 378 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 5: and he started pulling away real slowly, hoping that we 379 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 5: would dislodge it and make it come loose. But that 380 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 5: anchor must have been caught under a big rock or 381 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 5: a big tree, because when he pulled forward, it pulled 382 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,479 Speaker 5: the boat backwards. We started to tip over. He stopped, 383 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 5: and he circled around, tried pulling in different directions, but 384 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 5: same thing. It wouldn't come loose. Finally, his dad got 385 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 5: a big knife out and said, well, this is all 386 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 5: we can do, and he cut the line. We left 387 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 5: the anchor there in the ocean. And sometimes we're anchored 388 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 5: to things that don't come off easily. If you've been 389 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 5: anchored to doubt, fear, discouragement for a long time, you're 390 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 5: gonna have to do like my friend and cut those lines. 391 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 5: Let me tell you, the enemy doesn't want you to 392 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 5: be free. He doesn't want you to go through life 393 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 5: anchored to hope. He wants you to go around depressed, bitter, angry. 394 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 5: It's time to cut some lines. It's time to say 395 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 5: this is a new day. I've been anchored at that 396 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 5: junk long enough I'm done living bitter, depressed, no passion. 397 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 5: I'm cutting those lines. I'm anchoring myself to hope, keep 398 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 5: the right perspective. Sickness can't defeat you, that addiction is temporary. 399 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 5: The right breaks are already in your future. You may 400 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 5: have had some disappointments. Life through you a curve that 401 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 5: cannot stop your destiny. The odds may be against you, 402 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 5: but the most high God is for you. When you 403 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 5: stay anchored to hope, he'll show out in your life 404 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 5: ways you've never imagined. There's a young man that attends 405 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 5: here with his family named Owen. He's fifteen years old 406 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 5: and one of his favorite things to do was play basketball. 407 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 5: He was always one of the best players on his team. 408 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 5: Six o'clock in the morning he would be out practicing. 409 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 5: His dream was to get a scholarship to play in college. 410 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 5: A couple of years earlier, Owen and his father were 411 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 5: watching the NBA Draft on television. There was a stand 412 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 5: out player from Baylor named Isaiah Austen. He was projected 413 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 5: to go in the first round, but a few weeks 414 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 5: earlier learned that he had a life threatening disease called 415 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 5: Marphin syndrome. It's a genetic disorder that weakens the connective 416 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 5: tissue of the body, tissue that holds the heart, the 417 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 5: blood vessels, muscles together so you can grow and develop. 418 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 5: If not treated, it can easily be fatal. It's very 419 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 5: dangerous to play any high energy sports. Isaiah, since he 420 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 5: couldn't play anymore, was given a ceremonial draft pick. They 421 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 5: told all about his disease there on television. Owen's father 422 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 5: recognized many of the same symptoms in Owen. He took 423 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 5: him to the doctor the next day, and Owen was 424 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 5: diagnosed with Marphin syndrome. Told he could never play basketball again, 425 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 5: his body couldn't support it. Owen could have pulled up 426 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 5: his anchor of hope, been angry, bitter God, why did 427 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 5: this happen to me? But he knew that disappointment wasn't 428 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 5: a surprise to God. His father said. When he heard 429 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 5: the news, he cried for about thirty seconds. Then he said, Dad, 430 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 5: I'm only thirteen. I can still become a coach, a referee, 431 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 5: or maybe even work for the NBA. Owen had a 432 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 5: desire to help other people who had Marphin syndrome. He 433 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 5: started holding fundraisers. This last February, he raised over one 434 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 5: hundred and forty thousand dollars. He needs to come work 435 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 5: for us. Owen says, you can make it your excuse 436 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 5: or you can make it your purpose. Recently, Owen had 437 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 5: to have open heart surgery, a very serious procedure, to 438 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 5: correct the valves in his heart. They were much too large. 439 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 5: If they continued growing like a balloon, they would burst 440 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 5: and cause instant death. One of the best surgeons in 441 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 5: the world from Marphin Syndrome right here in Houston, operated 442 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 5: on him. Twenty four hours after the operation, he was 443 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 5: out of the intensive care. One week later, he was 444 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 5: out of the hospital. Four weeks later he was back 445 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 5: at Lakewood. That was last week and today Owen and 446 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 5: his family or right here with us on the front row, 447 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 5: a mighty man of faith. What am I saying that 448 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 5: a bad break can't stop you, a disappointment, a divorce, 449 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 5: a sickness. When life throws you a curve, don't you 450 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 5: dare pull up your anchor, do like Owen and keep 451 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 5: hoping on in faith. God has you in the palm 452 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 5: of his hands. It may have been meant for your harm, 453 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 5: God's gonna turn it for your good. Have you drifted 454 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 5: into doubt, discouragement, worry, self pity. I'm asking you to 455 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 5: put your anchor of hope back down today. If you'll 456 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 5: do this, I believe and declare what is now your 457 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 5: test will soon become your testimony. Like Owen, you will 458 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 5: arise above every challenge, accomplish every dream, and become everything 459 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 5: you were created to be. In Jesus' name, if you 460 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 5: receive it, can you say it? 461 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 6: Men? 462 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 5: Today, I'd like to give you an opportunity to make 463 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 5: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 464 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 465 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 5: into my heart. I'll make you my lord and savior. Friends, 466 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,960 Speaker 5: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 467 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 5: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 468 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,239 Speaker 5: God first place. He's going to take your places that 469 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 5: you've never dreamed. 470 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 4: As a thank you for your support of our ministry 471 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 4: this month, Jewel and Victoria would like to send you 472 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 4: a copy of Joel's new series, The Power of Peace. 473 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 7: When you're in peace, you're in a position of power. 474 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 7: You're saying by your actions, God, I trust you, I 475 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 7: know you're in control. You will not only enjoy your 476 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 7: life more, but that's what will allow God to turn 477 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 7: negative situations around you. 478 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 5: If you're going to live peaceful, you have to do 479 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,760 Speaker 5: it on purpose. It's a choice we have to make. 480 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 5: Because this resource, you'll learn how to stay in peace 481 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 5: and live a victorious life. 482 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 4: Request your copy of the Power of Peace today at 483 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 4: Joeluistin dot com or call eight eight eight five six 484 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 4: seven Joel. 485 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 8: In all the years of listening to Joel, the message 486 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 8: of joy has really impacted my life. He talks about 487 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 8: how things happen that are not ideal, things that we 488 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 8: don't plan for, but joy is found in us because 489 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 8: Jesus is in us. I'm really grateful that to have 490 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 8: access to the program to encourage and motivate me every week. 491 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 5: Your support is making a difference around the world. Thank 492 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 5: you so much for your prayer, for your generosity. Special 493 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 5: thank you to our Champion of Hope partners for all 494 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 5: you do to make the ministry possible. You know, Victoria 495 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 5: and I pray for you every single day. 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