#733: Anxious, Worried & Hopeless
Allen Jackson Ministries
Ben Hayes
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The rejection, disappointment, and challenging circumstances we've faced are legitimate, but they don't have the power to define our futures. Instead, we can rejoice because God is faithful. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the life of Joseph and how he trusted in the Lord through every trial and hardship he faced. Like Joseph, we have a solid foundation on which to put our hope, so we don't have to be overwhelmed with worry, anxiety, or despair. We can be confident that the God who has been faithful to us will continue to be faithful, and even when life's circumstances leave us broken, God never will.
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| 0:00.0 | There's a lot of stress in the family system, and I'm not reading something into the narrative. |
| 0:10.0 | His brothers sold him to slave traders. |
| 0:14.0 | Could we agree? That's kind of a dysfunctional family. |
| 0:18.0 | But now we also have to agree that in the midst of that, the Spirit of God |
| 0:22.4 | was bringing revelation as to their future. That the purposes of God were coming forward in the |
| 0:29.4 | midst of that. Well, how can that be? Because if God didn't work through broken vessels, |
| 0:35.0 | God wouldn't have anything to work with. |
| 0:45.1 | You're listening to Alan Jackson Ministries. You can get the outlines for this episode at Alanjaxon.com slash podcast. If these messages help build you up, or encourage you to be a more |
| 0:51.5 | fully devoted Christ follower, leave us a five-star rating and review. |
| 0:56.3 | Hopefully, that will help others find out about them as well. |
| 0:59.6 | Now it's on to Pastor Allen. |
| 1:02.0 | Be blessed. |
| 1:08.0 | The title for this session is anxious, worried, and hopeless. |
| 1:11.6 | Isn't that a happy title? |
| 1:13.6 | Apart from Jesus, that's where I'd be. |
| 1:17.6 | If I didn't have the word of God tucked in my heart, |
| 1:21.6 | I promise you, I would be anxious, worried, and hopeless. |
| 1:26.6 | When I look at the landscape of the world in which we live, apart from God, I promise you, I would be anxious, worried, and hopeless. |
| 1:28.3 | When I look at the landscape of the world in which we live, apart from God, I think it should |
| 1:33.3 | inspire those responses. |
| 1:36.3 | But with a God perspective, I think there's tremendous hope. |
| 1:40.3 | I want to start with some just straightforward counsel from Scripture. |
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