When I've seen the Lord's fingerprint where I kind of look back and go, oh God was there,

even in the midst of that hurt or that disappointment.

Priscilla Shire talks about the importance of remembering God's faithfulness.

If left my own devices, I would have let fear or insecurity talk me out of something that God was giving me an opportunity to participate in.

This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans.

Author, speaker, senior pastor of Oakcliffe Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.

Sometimes the best way to cope with the challenges in front of you is to take a deliberate look behind you.

Today Dr. Evans' daughters, Crystal Hurst and Priscilla Shire talk about developing a persistent strength to move forward

by regularly recalling God's faithfulness in our past, what their mother called stones and remembrance.

Let's join them as Crystal begins.

My hope is that as we have talked about some stones that you should remember, that you can remember, and that you can use to build an altar,

that you pass by over and over again whenever you are feeling fearful, afraid, wondering if God can come through,

you've got something to hold onto, some stones to remember, to remember that God is who He says He is, that He does not lie,

that He is the same yesterday, today and forever, so whoever He's been for you in the past, or even for someone else of the faith,

He can be that for you too.

But it is going to require that you encourage yourself, speak life to yourself.

It's going to require that you rehearse the truth of God in your life, to rehearse the scriptures, to stand on them,

even when you don't feel like those promises are at work for you.

You're going to have to remember to decide to speak well, the power of life and death, Proverbs 18, 21, saying that it's in your tongue.

What are you saying to yourself? What are your ears that are attached to your brain, or those thoughts flow down to your heart?

What are you saying that you are actually hearing?

The Bible says in Romans 122 that you will be renewed, transformed rather by the renewing of your mind.

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