HOPE is Here

Do you have any physical scars? Scars are signs that you have been wounded and that you’ve survived. Let’s look at John 20:24-30 today as we look at Thomas’ reaction to Jesus’ resurrection and insistence on seeing Jesus’ scars. There is room at the cross for our doubts. God is waiting for you with open arms, even with your questions, doubts, fears, and concerns. Greg looks at 5 things he has learned from emotional and mental scars.

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There are benefits to waiting. That’s exactly what you wanted to hear today, right?

None of us enjoy waiting, but God’s primary concern is who we are becoming during a season of waiting. God is more interested in your character than in your comfort. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of what happens to you. Join us in today’s broadcast as Greg looks at 5 takeaways when you are in a season of waiting.

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“Are we there, yet?” None of us likes to wait very long, do we? God is in the crockpot business in our microwave culture. Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” It can be challenging to keep the faith when we are in a season of waiting but there are benefits to be reaped! Rick Warren says “I want to change my circumstances, but God wants to change ME.” Let’s look at some benefits of waiting in today’s broadcast.

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“Your direction determines your destination. Your decisions determine your direction. What you download determines your decisions and who you walk with makes all the difference.” – Mike Breaux

Let me ask you today, what direction are you going? Sometimes life happens and we find ourselves going in a different direction than we originally intended. Maybe it’s time to re-evaluate. Are you making God-honoring decisions? What are you downloading into your mind? Re-examine who you are doing life with. Tune in today for 14 minutes of thought-provoking hope.

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Greg continues his discussion with Rodetta Cook, co-founder of Care for Pastors, about support specifically for pastors’ wives. Rodetta, a pastor’s wife for 42 years, was only 20 when her husband took his first pastoral position. With 2600 pastors’ wives strong, their private Facebook group provides support and provides a safe place for pastors’ wives to minister to one another. Rodetta shares some tips to help pastors’ wives endure the trials of ministry. Wow-what an encouragement this ministry is!

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As many as 1600 pastors are leaving the ministry every month. Care for Pastors is a ministry that comes alongside pastors and their families helping through hurts, marital challenges, church conflict, empathy fatigue… and they offer help for pastor’s kids, too!  Join Greg as he talks with the co-founder of Care for Pastors, Rodetta Cook, in today’s broadcast about how you can care for your pastor.

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The enemy loves to lie to us. If Paul lived through all the storms that he wrote about in 2 Corinthians 11:23-28, find encouragement, you can make it through the storm you are going through. You are not alone. He wants to help you. There is hope. Sometimes we can have a lot of information but it doesn’t do any good unless there is transformation. Tune in to today’s broadcast as Greg encourages us that we can survive this. 

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Can I survive this? What trial or tribulation are you going through right now? In 2 Corinthians 11:23-28, Paul reminds us of all the storms that he had gone through yet he still clung to the Lord and found hope in Him. Maybe you need to hear that God is with you, that His grace is enough today. Press on. Keep moving forward. He is with you, even if you don’t feel Him.   

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We finish up our week with Amanda Carter as she sums up how she has lived through extreme grief over the loss of her marriage and the sudden loss of her 27-year-old sister, finding herself in that place between the promise and the fulfillment of the promise, yet still being able to keep her eyes on the victory she has in Jesus through worship. What a powerful message of hope that Amanda offers us this week. Thanks for joining us.

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Worship leader and teacher, Amanda Carter, shares how she has lived and functioned as a leader through seasons of defeat. COVID has been hard on us all but how do we keep going when we feel completely bewildered. God promises victory. Tune in to listen in on this conversation between Greg and Amanda to remind you that no one wins a war by themselves. There is victory in Jesus. 

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