You know, over time, life can get you down.

Discouragement starts to creep in, and eventually we just stop letting ourselves hope for more.

We say things like, I'll believe it when I see it, and don't get your hopes up.

Sounds like good grown-up advice, right?

Actually, it's not.

Hey, I'm Christy Wright, number one national bestselling author, speaker, business coach, and mom of three.

Oh, and I have a podcast called Get Your Hopes Up, which is what I want to tell you about.

Romans 1513 says, may the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him

so that you may overflow with hope by power of the Holy Spirit.

And that is exactly what my show is about.

Whether I'm telling one of my latest crazy God stories or giving you practical advice to live out

your faith, I love hanging out with you every Monday to help you get to know God, get closer to

him, and get your hopes up again. Listen to Get Your Hopes Up wherever you get your

podcasts and you can learn more at getyourhoopsup.com. That's getyourhoopsup.com.

Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four

books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories

of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus

Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your

own Bible or online, and then I'll pray, and that's it. Today is day 27, and I'll be reading

John, chapters 10 through 12. And this this month I'm reading from the CSB version.

John 10. Truly I tell you anyone who doesn't enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. The one who enters by the

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