1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: share it with a friend, reappreciate you and pray for 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: It's a joy to come into your homes. And if 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a 8 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: part of one of our services. I'll promise you we'll 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: make you feel right at home. I like to start 10 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: with something funny, and I heard about this new police recruit. 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: He was taking his final exam. He was in front 12 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: of a large classroom. The sergeant ask him, what would 13 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: you do if you had to arrest your own mother 14 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: in law without missing a beat? He said, call for 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: backup and say it like you mean it. This is 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 17 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: have what it says I have. I can do what 18 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: it says I can do. Today I will be talked 19 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: the word of God. I'll boldly confess my mind is alert, 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: my heart is I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 21 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: God bless you. I want to talk to you today 22 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:11,919 Speaker 1: about anchored to hope. An anchor is something that holds 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: a boat in place. Once the captain arrives at his destination, 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: he puts the anchor down. That way, he won't drift 25 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: and end up in places that he doesn't want to be. 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: When the boat is anchored, it may move a little 27 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: bit with the waves the wind, but the captain is 28 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: not worried. He can relax. He knows the anchor is down. 29 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: The scripture tells us, hope is the anchor of our soul. 30 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: What's going to keep your soul in the right place, 31 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: what's going to cause you to overcome obstacles reach your 32 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: dreams is when you are anchored to hope. That means 33 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: no matter what you face, no matter how big the difficulty, 34 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: no matter how long it's taking, you know God is 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: still on the throne. You know his plans for you. 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: You are for good that He's bigger than any challenge. 37 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 1: When you're anchored to this hope, nothing moves you. The winds, 38 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: the waves, the storms may come. You're not worried. You 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: have your anchor down. You receive a bad medical report, 40 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: a lot of people would be upset negative. Not you. You're 41 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: anchor to hope. I know God is restoring health back 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: into me. You go through a loss, a disappointment, your 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: emotions are pulling you toward discouragement, toward bitterness. But something's 44 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: holding you back. You can't explain it. But down in 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: here you hear a voice saying everything's going to be 46 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: all right. God has beauty for these ashes. That's the 47 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: anchor of hope. Or maybe your dream looks impossible. Every 48 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: voice tells you it's not gonna work out. Forget it. 49 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: You're wasting your time. Most people would throw in the towel, 50 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: but your attitude is I may not see away, but 51 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: I know God has a way. I know he's opening 52 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: doors no man can shut. When you're anchored to hope, 53 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: God will make things happen that you could never make happen. 54 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: I've learned there's always something trying to convince us to 55 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: pull up our anchor. Delays, disappointments, bad breaks, in the 56 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 1: tough times, when life doesn't seem fair, when your prayers 57 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: weren't answered, when it's taken longer than your thought. You 58 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: have to make sure to keep your anchor down. If 59 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: you pull it up, you'll drift into bitterness. Discouragement, self pity. 60 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: When you're anchored to hope, it's like you're tied to it. 61 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: You can't go very far. You may have some negative thoughts, 62 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: thoughts of doubts, and well, it's never gonna work out, 63 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: but your faith will kick in. No, I know the 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: answers on the way. On paper, it looks like it'll 65 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: take thirty years to get out of debt. You could 66 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: accept it, but because you're anchored to hope, something in 67 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: you says, no, I know God can accelerate it. I 68 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: know he has explosive blessings come in my way. Or 69 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: perhaps your children are off course, doesn't look like they'll 70 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: ever change. You should be discouraged, but you're tied to hope. 71 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: Every time those negative thoughts come trying to pull you away, 72 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: your anchor kicks in. As for me and my house, 73 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: we will serve the Lord. My question today is do 74 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: you have your anchor down. Do you have this hope, 75 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: this expectancy that you're going to accomplish your dreams, that 76 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 1: you're going to break the addiction, that you're going to 77 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: see your family restored, or have you pulled up your 78 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: anchor and drifted into doubt mediocrity, not expecting anything good. 79 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: I'm asking you to put your anchor back down. The 80 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: scripture says faith is the substance of things hoped for. 81 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: You can't have faith if you don't first have hope. 82 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: One time, David a lot coming against him. He was 83 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: down and discouraged. He felt overwhelmed by life. He'd given 84 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: up on his dreams. Everything kept getting worse and worse. 85 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: He finally said to himself, why are you cast down, 86 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: O my soul? Hope in the Lord, he recognized. He 87 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: let his circumstances convince him to pull up his anchor. 88 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: He said, in effect, I'm going to put my anchor 89 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: back down. I'm going to hope in the Lord. You 90 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: may not have any reason in the natural to be hopeful. 91 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: Doesn't look like you'll get well, Meet the right person, 92 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: start your business. You have to do like David and 93 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: hope in the Lord. Don't put your hope in your circumstances. 94 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: They may not turn out the way you thought. Don't 95 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: put your hope in people. They may let you down. 96 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: Don't put your hope in your career. Things may change. 97 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: Put your hope in the Lord, in the God who 98 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: spoke worlds into it existence in the God who flung 99 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: stars into space. When you have your hope in him, 100 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: the scripture says, you will never be disappointed, and sure 101 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: you may go through some temporary setbacks. Life will happen, 102 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: but when it's all said and done, you'll come out 103 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: better than you were before. This is what Joseph did. 104 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: He had plenty of opportunities to pull up his anchor. 105 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: He was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit. 106 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: He could have become negative, angry, that's not right. My 107 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: own family did me wrong. But he kept his anchor down. 108 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: They sold him into slavery. He was falsely accused, put 109 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: in prison. It was unfair. He had a good reason 110 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: to be sour. Nobody would have faulted him. But through 111 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: all the trouble, through all the things that didn't make sense, 112 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: he didn't pull up his anchor. His attitude was God, 113 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 1: you have the final say. People don't determine my destiny. 114 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: A bad break can't keep me from my purpose. All 115 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 1: the forces of darkness cannot stop your plan for my life. 116 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: Because he was anchored to hope, he didn't stay disappointed. 117 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: He was vindicated, promoted, put in charge of the whole nation. 118 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: Zachariah puts it this way, if you'll be a prisoner 119 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: of hope, God will restore back to you double what 120 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: you lost. Prisoner of hope means you can't get away 121 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: from it. You're anchored to it. You should be discouraged, 122 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: but you can't help it. Despite all that's come against you. 123 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: Like Joseph, you still believe you're going to accomplish your dreams. 124 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: You should be overwhelmed. The obstacle looks bigger, Goliath looks stronger, 125 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: more powerful. But like David, you have your hope in 126 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: the Lord. You know, if God be for you, who 127 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: dare be against you? That sickness may seem like it's 128 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 1: going to be the end of you. You could live worried, 129 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: stressed out, but you know nothing can snatch you out 130 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: of God's hand. Your hope is not in the medicine, 131 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: not in the treatment, not in the professionals, even though 132 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: all those things are good, we're grateful for them. Your 133 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: hope is in the Lord, in the God who breathed 134 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: life into you, in the God who makes blind eyes 135 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: to see, in the God who took Joseph from the 136 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: pit to the palace, In the God who calls David, 137 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: a teenage shepherd boy to defeat a huge giant in 138 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: the God who healed my mother of terminal cancer. I'm 139 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: asking you to keep your anchor down, keep your hope 140 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: in the Lord. When you find yourself negative, worried, not 141 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: thinking it's going to work out, recognize what's happened. You 142 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: pulled your anchor up. The good news is you can 143 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: put it back down. Instead of dwelling on those negative thoughts, 144 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: You'll never get well, never break the addiction, never meet 145 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: the right person. Turn it around. Father. Thank you that 146 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: the answer is already on the way. Thank you that 147 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: healing's coming, promotion's coming, The right people are coming. Thank 148 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: you that favor is in my future. That's how you 149 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: stay anchored to hope. This is what Abraham did. God 150 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: gave him the promise that he and his wife Sarah 151 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: were going to have a baby. But they were eighty 152 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: years old. It was impossible. It had never happened before. 153 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: Abraham could have dismissed it. Thought I must have heard 154 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: God wrong. I'm sure. His friend said, Abraham, you really 155 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: think you're going to have a baby. You're an old man. 156 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: He could have talked himself out of it. But it 157 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: says in Romans, for all human reason for hope being gone, 158 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: Abraham hoped on in faith. Sometimes there's no logical reason 159 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: to have hope. The medical report said my mother would 160 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: never get well in nineteen eighty one. It was terminal cancer. 161 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,679 Speaker 1: All the experts told us we would never get this facility. 162 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: Our opponents were too big, they had more resources. And 163 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: you may have plenty of reasons why your situation is 164 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: not going to work out. So you have to do 165 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: like Abraham, against all hope, hope on in faith, keep 166 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: your anchor down, don't talk yourself out of it. God 167 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,160 Speaker 1: is not limited by the natural He is a supernatural God. 168 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: At nearly one hundred years of age, Sarah gave birth 169 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: to a baby. The promise came to pass. Didn't happen overnight. 170 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: They waited some twenty years. They had plenty of times 171 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: they were tempted to think, it's never gonna happen. We're 172 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 1: too old, it's been too long. If they were to 173 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: believed those lies and pulled up their anchor of hope, 174 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: they would have drifted into doubt, discouragement. Never saw the 175 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: promise come to pass. Are you drifting today? Worried? Negative 176 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: in self pity. Why don't you put your anchor back down? 177 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: Why don't you get your hopes back up? Just because 178 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: the promise hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it's not going 179 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: to happen. You may have had some bad breaks like Joseph, 180 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you're not going to fulfill your purpose. 181 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: God wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going to 182 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: use it for your good. Shake off the discouragement, the 183 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: self pity. What God started in your life, He's still 184 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: going to bring to pass. I know a young lady 185 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 1: that I grew up with here at Lakewood, and when 186 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: she and her husband got married, they really wanted to 187 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: have a baby so badly, and they tried and went 188 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: through all the fertility treatments with no success. Year after 189 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: year went by. At that time, she was the head 190 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: of our children's department. When my dad went to be 191 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: with the Lord and I stepped up to pastor the church. 192 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: She had already been believing to have this baby for 193 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: over twenty years. One day we were in this meeting, 194 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: she made the statement, I have a good assistant trained 195 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: because when I have my baby to be out for 196 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: a little while. I thought I had missed something that 197 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 1: she was pregnant, and nobody told me. After the meeting, 198 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: I asked my sister Lisa, is she gonna have a baby? 199 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: Lisa kind of laughed and said, no, she's just believing 200 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: to have it. She talked like the baby was on 201 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: the way. She didn't say if I have it, she 202 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: said when I have it? What was that she was 203 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: anchored to hope? Now, I thought to myself when Lisa 204 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: told me that, being the great man of faith that 205 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: I am, you've been believing to have this baby for 206 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: over twenty years. Time to let it go. Move on. 207 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: Maybe God wants to do it another way. Don't let 208 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 1: other people talk you out of what God put in 209 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: your heart. Don't let someone convince you, even if it's 210 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: your pastor, to pull up your anchor. God didn't put 211 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: the promise in them. He put the promise in you. 212 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: That's why you can have faith when they think it's 213 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: far out. That's why you can believe for it when 214 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: to them it seems totally impossible. This young lady kept 215 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: her anchor down like Abraham, against all hopes, she hoped 216 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 1: on in faith. Twenty nine years later, she went to 217 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 1: the doctor for a checkup. He said, congratulations, you're pregnant. 218 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: Not with one baby, you're pregnant with twins. That's what 219 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: Zachariah said. If you'll stay anchored to hope, God will 220 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: restore back to you double what you lost and what 221 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: you've been believing for maybe taking a long time, but 222 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: what God started he's going to finish. God doesn't abort dreams. 223 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: Keep your anchor down. When I was a young boy, 224 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: our family used to go to Galveston a lot, and 225 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,839 Speaker 1: I couldn't wait to get in the water and play 226 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: in the waves. We would find a place there on 227 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: the beach for our shoes and our towels and put 228 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: them up on the sand, and then we'd take off 229 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,839 Speaker 1: and start having fun in the water. In a couple 230 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: of hours, when we were ready to take a break, 231 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: we would look up and realize we were way down 232 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: the beach from where we started. Our towels were a 233 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: couple hundred yards away. We didn't know it, but that 234 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: whole time we had been slowly drifting. The scripture describes 235 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: hope as the anchor of our souls. It wouldn't use 236 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: the word anchor unless there was a possibility of drifting 237 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: and This is what happens in life. If you don't 238 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: keep your anchor down, if you don't stay filled with hope, 239 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: little by little, you'll start drifting, getting a little negative, worried, discourage. 240 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: I'm never gonna have the baby, Joel, It's been too long. 241 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: I'll never break this addiction. I'll never overcome this challenge. 242 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: The problem is you don't have your anchor down. When 243 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: you're anchored to hope. You may have negative circumstances, but 244 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: you're not worried. You know God is fighting your battles. 245 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: You may not see how your dream can come to pass, 246 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: but you don't give up. You know God is behind 247 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: the scenes arranging things in your favor. You may go 248 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: through a bad break, a loss, but you don't get bitter. 249 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: You know, weeping endures for a night, but joy is 250 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: coming in the morning. Here's what I'm saying. When you're 251 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: anchored to hope, does it mean you won't have difficulties. 252 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: It means when those difficulties come, you won't drift. Nothing 253 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: will move you. The storms, the waves, the tides. They 254 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: may change, but you're consistent. Your hope is in the Lord. 255 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: And what's interesting is when we were at the beach 256 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: in the water. It wasn't a big storm that caused 257 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,119 Speaker 1: us to drift. It wasn't a hurricane, a flood, or tornado. 258 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: It was the normal movement of the ocean. If you 259 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: don't keep your anchor down, the normal currents of life 260 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: will pull you off course. Not a major sickness, a divorce, allell, 261 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: just everyday life. Perhaps you don't realize that you've drifted 262 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: into doubt. You're not believing for your dreams anymore. You 263 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: used to be excited about it. It's been a long time. 264 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: How you've lost your passion. Have you drifted into self pity? 265 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: You had a bad break, somebody did you wrong. You 266 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: used to be loving, kind, fun, Now you're more sour, 267 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: hard to get along with. Maybe you've drifted into worry. 268 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: You used to believe that God was in control, that 269 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: He's taken care of you, But you pulled up your anchor. 270 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: You're living stressed out. You can get back to where 271 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 1: you're supposed to be. You can put your anchor of 272 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: hope down today, start believing again, start expecting again. Life 273 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: is too short to go through it drifting, negative, worried, 274 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: no passion. If you don't have this hope that something 275 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: good is coming, it will limit what God can do. 276 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: That's why Paul told Timothy stir up your gifts. You 277 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: have to stir up your hope, otherwise you'll drift toward 278 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: the negative. Well, Joel, if God was so good, why 279 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: haven't my dreams come to pass? Why did I have 280 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: these bad breaks? It's because there is an enemy of 281 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: your soul that's trying to keep you from your destiny. 282 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: The good news is the forces that are for you 283 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: are greater than the forces that are against you. Don't 284 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: let what happens in life, big or small, convince you 285 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: to pull up your anchor. If you'll keep your hope 286 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: in the Lord, all the forces of darkness cannot hold 287 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: you back. And this is not about just being positive 288 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: being hopeful. This is about keeping your soul anchored to 289 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: the right thing. Because I've learned if you don't stay 290 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: anchored to hope, over time, you'll become anchored to something else. 291 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: You can become anchored to discouragement where that's your default setting. 292 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: You wake up in the morning discover you see everything 293 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 1: through attaining perspective, everything is sour. It's because you're anchored 294 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: to the wrong thing. I know people who are anchored 295 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: to bitterness. They're so focused on the bad breaks on 296 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: who hurt them now that bitterness is poisoning their life. 297 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: And you may have a good reason to feel that way. 298 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: I'm simply saying, staying anchored to those things will keep 299 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: you from your destiny. It will cause you to miss 300 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: your purpose. It's time to cut those anchors and come 301 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: over into hope. God did not breathe his life into you, 302 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: crown you with favor, give you a royal robe so 303 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: you could go around anchored to bitterness, anchor to doubt, 304 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: anchor to worry. He created you to be anchored to hope, 305 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: to go out each day expecting his goodness, knowing that 306 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: the days ahead are greater than the days we leave. 307 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: And when you face difficulties and we all do, keep 308 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: the right perspective. If David would have looked at Goliath 309 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: and thought, oh man, I'll never defeat him. He's twice 310 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: my size, I don't have a chance. If he would 311 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: have pulled up his anchor of hope, we wouldn't be 312 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: talking about him today. Goliath wasn't sent to defeat David. 313 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,239 Speaker 1: He was sent to promote David. What you're facing is 314 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: not meant to stop you. It's meant to move you 315 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: towards your divine destiny instead of being negative. Why is 316 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: this happening to me? How's it ever going to work out? 317 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 2: No? 318 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: Turn it around, Lord, I don't see away, but my 319 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 1: hope is in you. I know you haven't figured out 320 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: You'll get me to where I'm supposed to be. Proverb says, 321 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: hope deferred makes the heart sick. If you don't have 322 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 1: the hope that the problem's going to turn around, the 323 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: hope that the baby is on the way, that the 324 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: new house is in your future, then your heart That 325 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: means your spirit will be sick. When we're not hopeful, 326 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: something is wrong on the inside, even physically, when we're stressed, 327 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 1: run down, worried, that weakens our immune system doesn't fight 328 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: off disease like it should for your health's sake, keep 329 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: your anchor of hope down. When we all go through 330 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: seasons in life, we're's not real exciting. It's easy to 331 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: have the blaws, lose our enthusiasm. Those are the normal 332 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: currents of life. Nobody lives on cloud nine where it's 333 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: exciting all the time. Part of the good fight of 334 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: faith is to stay hopeful in the dry seasons when 335 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 1: you don't see anything happening, when it's taking a long time, 336 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: keep a smile on your face all through the day. Lord, 337 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: thank you that something good is coming my way. Well, Joel, 338 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,919 Speaker 1: what if I do that nothing happens. What if you 339 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: do it and something does happen. I'd rather go through 340 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: life anchor to hope, than anchor to fear, anchor to worry, 341 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: anchor to bitterness. That's gonna draw in more defeat. One 342 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: time in high school, a friend of mine and invited 343 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,120 Speaker 1: me to go fishing with him, and we drove about 344 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: an hour out in his boat off the coast, and 345 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: we fished for most of the morning. When we were finished, 346 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: he asked me to pull up the anchor. I pulled 347 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: and pulled all of my strength. I couldn't get it up. 348 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: His father came over and we pulled together. Still wouldn't budge. 349 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: My friend cranked up the engine. It's a big, powerful motor, 350 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: and he started pulling away real slowly, hoping that we 351 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: would dislodge it and make it come loose. But that 352 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: anchor must have been caught under a big rock or 353 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: a big tree, because when he pulled forward, It pulled 354 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: the boat backwards. We started to tip over. He stopped 355 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: and he circled around, tried pulling in different directions, but 356 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: same thing. It wouldn't come loose. Finally, his dad got 357 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: a big knife out and said, well, this is all 358 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: we can do, and he cut the line. We left 359 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: the anchor there in the ocean. And sometimes we're anchored 360 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: to things that don't come off easily. If you've been 361 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: anchored to doubt, fear, discouragement for a long time, you're 362 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 1: gonna have to do like my friend and cut those lines. 363 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: Let me tell you, the enemy doesn't want you to 364 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: be free. He doesn't want you to go through life 365 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: anchored to hope. He wants you to go around depressed, bitter, angry. 366 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: It's time to cut some lines. It's time to say 367 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: this is a new day. I've been anchored to that 368 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: junk long enough. I'm done living bitter, depressed, no passion. 369 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: I'm cutting those lines. I'm anchoring myself to hope, keep 370 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: the right perspective, that sickness can't defeat you, that addiction 371 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: is temporary. The right breaks are already in your future. 372 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: You may have had some disappointments life through you, a 373 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: cur that cannot stop your destiny. The odds may be 374 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: against you, but the most high God is for you. 375 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: When you stay anchored to hope, he'll show out in 376 00:22:56,040 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: your life ways you've never imagined. There's a young man 377 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 1: that attends here with his family named Owen. He's fifteen 378 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: years old and one of his favorite things to do 379 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: was play basketball. He was always one of the best 380 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: players on his team. Six o'clock in the morning, he 381 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: would be out practicing. His dream was to get a 382 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: scholarship to play in college. A couple of years earlier, 383 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: Owen and his father were watching the NBA Draft on television. 384 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: There was a stand out player from Baylor named Isaiah Austin. 385 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: He was projected to go in the first round, but 386 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: a few weeks earlier learned that he had a life 387 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:41,959 Speaker 1: threatening disease called Marphin syndrome. It's a genetic disorder that 388 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: weakens the connective tissue of the body, tissue that holds 389 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: the heart, the blood vessels muscles together so you can 390 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: grow and develop. If not treated, it can easily be fatal. 391 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: It's very dangerous to play any high energy sports. Isaiah, 392 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: since he couldn't play anymore, was given a ceremonial draft pick. 393 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: They told all about his disease there on television. Owen's 394 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: father recognized many of the same symptoms in Owen. He 395 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: took him to the doctor the next day, and Owen 396 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: was diagnosed with Martin syndrome. Told he could never play 397 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: basketball again, his body couldn't support it. Owen could have 398 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: pulled up his anchor of hope, been angry, bitter God, 399 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: why did this happen to me? But he knew that 400 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: disappointment wasn't a surprise to God, his father said. When 401 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: he heard the news, he cried for about thirty seconds. 402 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: Then he said, Dad, I'm only thirteen. I can still 403 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: become a coach, a referee, or maybe even work for 404 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: the NBA. Owen had a desire to help other people 405 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: who had Martin's syndrome. He started holding fundraisers. This last February, 406 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: he raised over one hundred and forty thousand dollars. He 407 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: needs to come work for us, Owen says, you can 408 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: make it your excuse, or you can make it your purpose. Recently, 409 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: Owen had to have open heart surgery, a very serious 410 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,640 Speaker 1: procedure to correct the valves in his heart. They were 411 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: much too large. If they continued growing like a balloon, 412 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: they would burst and cause instant death. One of the 413 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: best surgeons in the world from Martin Syndrome, right here 414 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: in Houston, operated on him. Twenty four hours after the operation, 415 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: he was out of the intensive care. One week later, 416 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: he was out of the hospital. Four weeks later he 417 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: was back at Lakewood. That was last week and today 418 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: Owen and his family all right here with us on 419 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: the front road. A mighty man of faith. What am 420 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: I saying that a bad break can't stop you, a disappointment, 421 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: a divorce, a sickness. When life throws you a curve, 422 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: don't you dare put up your anchor, do like Owen 423 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: and keep hoping on in faith. God has you in 424 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: the palm of his hand. It may have been meant 425 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 1: for your harm, God's gonna turn it for your good. 426 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: Have you drifted into doubt, discouragement, worry, self pity. I'm 427 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,199 Speaker 1: asking you to put your anchor of hope back down today. 428 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: If you'll do this, I believe and declare what is 429 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: now your test will soon become your testimony. Like Owen, 430 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: you will rise above every challenge, accomplish every dream, and 431 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,680 Speaker 1: become everything you were created to be in Jesus' name, 432 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: if you receive it, can you say it? Man? Today, 433 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 434 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 435 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 436 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:57,120 Speaker 1: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 437 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 438 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: born again. Get in a good Bible based church. Keep 439 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 1: God first place. He's going to take your places that 440 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: you've never dreamed. 441 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 2: Life throws so much at us disappointments, failures, challenges. We 442 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: can feel so out of touch that we no longer 443 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 2: recognize ourselves. 444 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: Life has a way of changing us. At one time 445 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: we were outgoing and excited about our dreams. But when 446 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,120 Speaker 1: we go through disappointments and people do us wrong, it's 447 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: easy to lose that positive, passionate person that we used 448 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: to be. In my new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten You, 449 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: I'll help you get back to who you really are, 450 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: the joyful you, the confident you, the talented you. It's 451 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: not too late. You haven't been through too much. You 452 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 1: may have lost part of yourself, but you can find yourself. 453 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: God is in the business of restoring what was lost, 454 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: healing what was broken. You haven't seen the best version 455 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 1: of you yet it's still in front of you. 456 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 457 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 2: of any amount, we would like to send you a 458 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 2: copy of Joel's brand new book, Rediscovering the Forgotten. You 459 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: take back your passion, reignite your dreams, and embrace the 460 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: life you were created to live. This book shares uplifting 461 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 2: scripture and personal stories that will help you release bitterness, silence, 462 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 2: self defeating thoughts, and embrace by faith the vision of 463 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 2: the life God designed for you. 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