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That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

TSF Advent Series: When Hope is Deferred. (Hope Day 3)

That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Annie F. Downs

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the first week of our Advent Series where we will be focused on the candle of hope. To access the scriptures, questions, and the video version of this devotional, head to anniefdowns.com/advent. . . . . Did you hear the big news?! We're launching a new podcast! Head over to Let's Read the Gospels and subscribe today so you can start with us on January 1. . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast . . . . . Thank you to our partners! CSB: Head over to lifeway.com/CSB and use the code TSF to save an extra $10 off any order over $40. Thistle Farms: Receive 15% off your order at thistlefarms.org with the promo code THATSOUNDSFUN. . . . . . NYTimes bestselling Christian author, speaker, and host of the That Sounds Fun Podcast, Annie F. Downs shares with you some of her favorite things: new books, faith conversations, entertainers not to miss, and interviews with friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are so grateful to our amazing partner for the Advent series, the Christian Standard

0:04.0

Bible or the CSB. For starters, it's a faithful readable translation, which is really important.

0:09.2

And there are so many options available when it comes to things like the look and feel of the

0:13.5

cover, soft or hard back and the extra features that are included. Okay, do you remember when Dr.

0:18.2

Tony Evans was on the podcast back on episode 271 and we loved him so much? Well, did you know

0:24.3

that there's a Tony Evans study Bible? It's a version that I've used a couple of times when I've

0:29.0

read through the Gospels in a month and y'all so much wisdom in those pages. There are study

0:33.7

notes and Q&A's from Dr. Evans throughout the Bible and you know I love how technology can help us

0:38.4

dig deeper into scripture like how did people study the Bible before Google? But there are digital

0:43.2

links included in the Tony Evans study Bible to over 150 videos of Dr. Evans teaching and preaching

0:50.1

about the corresponding passages. So it's only fitting during our hope week that I mentioned how

0:54.5

there are hope words, which are just short encouraging quotes sprinkled throughout the pages of this

0:59.1

Bible. So head over to lifeway.com slash csb to browse all of the csb Bibles and use the code

1:06.6

tsf to save an extra $10 off any order over $40. Y'all these Bibles are already priced for Christmas

1:13.0

sales. So that's an additional $10 off the already discounted prices. Again, go to lifeway.com slash

1:19.0

csb and use the code tsf like that sounds fun for $10 off any order over $40.

1:27.2

Okay, don't even get me started. Can we just skip today? Can we just skip today? Hope deferred.

1:34.5

I know. I don't want to talk about either, but stick with me. I mean, we love alone being deferred

1:40.3

or a punishment being deferred, but hope not so much, not so much. I want to read you the scripture.

1:47.6

This is Proverbs 13 verse 12. It says hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled

1:59.2

is a tree of life. The message version says unrelenting disappointment leaves you heart sick.

2:08.3

You know me when I read this, when I read hope deferred, I went straight to that blue letter

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