You can switch your attitude and perspective from one of pessimism to optimism, one of defeat to victory,

one of discouragement to bravery. And if you do this, you can be part of one of the greatest

comeback stories America has ever experienced.

Hey, you guys, welcome to another evening around my campfire.

It's so great to have you for the American Campfire Revival, and we're working on our

way through my new book, Born to Be Brave, How to Be a Part of America's Spiritual

Comeback.

Tonight, I want to talk with you about the drama of history and whether or not God needs

us to fix the problems of the world or whether he can just do this all on his own.

Have you ever asked yourself the question? Why doesn't God just fix all the problems in the

world? I mean,

he's powerful enough to do it. He doesn't need our help, right? I mean, sometimes God has done that, and he does do that. He parted the Red Sea. He collapsed the walls of Jericho. But often,

God doesn't act overwhelmingly and independently from his people, but rather, he uses his people to play key roles in taking ground for his cause.

For whatever reason, God seems intent on you and I playing roles in his drama.

Just like in any good story, the story of the kingdom of God in history contains both

heroes and villains, and the heroes must deploy their bravery, and sometimes the villains

and sometimes the villains get the upper hand.

And just when it seems that all hope is lost

against all odds, the impossible comeback happens. It's thrilling. And that's the way it's meant to be.

It seems to me that God not only wants us to be brave to meet the challenges he brings us,

but that he also brings us challenges so that we might learn to be brave to meet the challenges he brings us, but that he also brings us challenges so that we

might learn to be brave. Us learning to dare and to risk is part of our character training,

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