Hey everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so glad you're here. Today, Rick continues in a series called Preparing for Your Future, where he shares how God's destiny for your life is good, and how you get to choose much of your destiny. All right, let's go right to Rick with part one of a message called

How to Get Your Vision Back. Many of you can identify with this letter. Dear Pastor Rick,

when the recession began a couple years ago, I was already feeling pretty low and spiritually

drained. Then when my wealth was cut in half

by the stock market plunge

and the value of my house turned upside down,

I began to become more and more afraid of the future.

The final blow was losing my job.

Now since then, I've just been going through the motions. I'm no longer hoping

for the best in life. I just want to avoid the worst. I guess you could say that I haven't been able

to see my way out of this mess. And I don't really see any hope for my future.

Can you help me?

Now the word that sticks in my mind when I read this letter is the word see.

I just haven't been able to see my way out of this mess.

And I don't see any hope for my future.

So many people have lost their vision.

They've lost their vision for their job.

They've lost their vision for their future.

They've lost their vision for their finances.

They've lost their vision for their family, they've lost their vision maybe for

their health or some other area. Now the Bible tells us in Proverbs 2918, one of the most famous

verses in the Bible. It's here on the screen. Where there is no vision, the people perish.

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