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LET HOPE RISE · THIS IS THE LIFE PODCAST

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. This morning, the Word of God comes to
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  Speaker 1: us speaking to us about hope. It's a beautiful word
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  Speaker 1: throughout the Word of God that but sometimes if we're
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  Speaker 1: not careful, we seldom take heed to exactly what it
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  Speaker 1: means to have hope. And as I got before the
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  Speaker 1: Lord this morning, I really feel like perhaps somebody here
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  Speaker 1: today in our morning moment's family here on our podcast,
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  Speaker 1: really needs a word about hope. See. They say that
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  Speaker 1: the opposite of fear is faith, and although I do
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  Speaker 1: believe that is true, I do sometimes I think we
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  Speaker 1: use those two together so much because perhaps you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe they all start with the same both start with
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  Speaker 1: the same letter. It's kind of easy to remember faith
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  Speaker 1: over fear, right, But I also believe that the opposite
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  Speaker 1: of fear is hope. See. Fear will sink you, but
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  Speaker 1: hope raises us up up to a level of expectation
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  Speaker 1: that things are not only going to get better, but
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  Speaker 1: it brings us to the marvelous light where we can
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  Speaker 1: see that things actually are better than what we are
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  Speaker 1: visualizing in our minds. I think today an illustration that
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  Speaker 1: I heard many years ago of a man who was
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  Speaker 1: trapped in an underground cave and what he did. He searched,
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  Speaker 1: and he searched, and he searched for a way out
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  Speaker 1: of that cave, and the whole time fear is all
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  Speaker 1: around him. Finally he gets to the place where fear
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  Speaker 1: begins to take over. He begins to think about not
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  Speaker 1: making it out of this cave. He begins to think
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  Speaker 1: about his loved ones, things left undone, things that he
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  Speaker 1: should have said, things that he wanted to accomplish in
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  Speaker 1: his life. And fear brings all of that baggage that
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  Speaker 1: comes with dying or failing before we realize all the
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  Speaker 1: things we want to do. But then, all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: he feels a gentle breeze pass and blow by him,
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  Speaker 1: and he knows that that breeze indicates that there's an
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  Speaker 1: opening somewhere, And all of a sudden, his fear gives
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  Speaker 1: way to hope. See Hope rises, Hope gives him the
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  Speaker 1: expectation that things are not as bad as they seem.
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  Speaker 1: He now has hope, and hope gets him up. Hope
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  Speaker 1: gets him looking, Hope gets him out. Praise the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever life is holding for you today, don't buy into
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  Speaker 1: the fear. Let your life be led by the hope
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  Speaker 1: that it only comes through Jesus Christ, our Lord. We
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  Speaker 1: see in Philippians chapter four and verse number six, where
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  Speaker 1: Paul writes, be careful for nothing. That means not to
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  Speaker 1: be anxious for nothing, But in everything, by prayer and supplication,
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  Speaker 1: with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
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  Speaker 1: See that brings us hope. Today. Today I pray a
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  Speaker 1: blessing upon you. I pray a blessing upon your household,
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  Speaker 1: upon your family, upon everything that you're going through right now.
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  Speaker 1: In the mighty name of Jesus, I speak hope over
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  Speaker 1: your life. Take a deep breath today, settle in, calm
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  Speaker 1: your heart, calm your mind, calm your soul, and take
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  Speaker 1: some time to just take a little time and spend
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  Speaker 1: a little time with Jesus today. Above anything else you
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  Speaker 1: could think of today, I want you to think about this.
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  Speaker 1: If you have Jesus Christ in your life, you have hope.
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  Speaker 1: And hope is not I hope it's going to happen
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  Speaker 1: as in doubting that it will. Biblical hope is a
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  Speaker 1: guaranteed expectation of things that are already settled. That's why
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  Speaker 1: we have a blessed hope in Christ. Jesus, so today
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  Speaker 1: you be safe, you be strong, and you always be blessed.
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  Speaker 1: I hope you have a great day, and I pray
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  Speaker 1: that you live today with an abundance of hope, because
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  Speaker 1: hope can raise you up above your greatest fears. Lords
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  Speaker 1: will see you back here again tomorrow. Until then, as always,
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  Speaker 1: I sure hope you have a great day.