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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Living with Contagious Joy (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Life is hard, but God is good. And author Brant Hansen reminds you that you can make a conscious effort to choose joy in your life. You can have joy because your hope is in Christ, and He holds the future. You’ll learn to laugh at yourself, serve others better, and practice gratitude, as you trust the One who gives eternal life. (Part 2 of 2)

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0:00.0

The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. That's literally what it says,

0:04.7

Psalm 23. You rehearse that in your head? I don't like, I'm lack nothing. You can

0:09.2

tell yourself that every day and then it ends with surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days in my life

0:16.3

And I'll dwell in the house of Lord forever

0:18.6

Well, that's brand Hansen and he's our guest today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.

0:23.4

Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

0:25.4

John, it's always good to have Brent on the program with this.

0:28.3

It's always fresh and I just love the way he gets into topics that are relevant

0:32.4

that people care about whether

0:34.1

you're a mom or dad or husband and wife and it fits right in the wheelhouse for

0:37.8

focus on the family we do this for one reason first we want you to have a

0:42.2

relationship with Christ

0:43.6

because that's the foundation for all. Then secondly have a great family

0:48.4

experience. I mean I think the Lord created family not to drag us down probably to teach us about being

0:55.6

selfless I love that thought in marriage you know the idea of the institution

0:59.2

of marriage is not how to build me up but how to become more selfless for my spouse. How about that? More like how Christ is for us, right?

1:07.0

So this is why we hit these topics and Brent does a wonderful job with great stories to help bring this to the surface.

1:15.0

He does and he is a radio host.

1:18.0

He's syndicated on hundreds of radio stations.

1:21.0

He's written a number of books and we're talking today about one that covers so much great material. If you missed last time the first part of our conversation, get the mobile app, stop by our website find the links get a hold of that first day of content there's so much there the book is called life is hard

1:40.0

God is good let's dance experiencing real joy in a world gone mad.

1:46.0

We've got the details for you in the show notes.

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