Hey, we're so glad you're here with us today. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, and today we're

continuing in an inspiring series when you're hoping for a miracle. Now, in this series, Pastor Rick

is guiding us through God's Word and showing us how to strengthen our faith and live with greater love, peace, patience,

and self-control, even when life feels hopeless.

Now, if you've been longing for a breakthrough, you're not going to want to miss this.

And now, here's Rick with the final part of a message called, When You've Come Up Empty.

Stubbornness, pride, and then, of course, fear keeps me from wanting to admit I fished

all night and caught nothing, because I'm afraid that people will think less of me.

In fact, I'm afraid to get Jesus in my boat because he might steer it in a direction.

I don't want it to go.

And if I put Jesus in my job, he may make me a fanatic. He may turn me into something.

I'm scared to death to give Jesus my job. Well, regardless of the cause, the second step is to admit

it and say, this just didn't

working.

And here's the third step.

The third step, if you want to see God turn emptiness into fullness, is I obey whatever

Jesus tells me to do.

I obey whatever Jesus tells me to do.

In other words, I must be willing to do whatever he tells me,

even if it doesn't make sense,

even if it's illogical,

even if it appears foolish and stupid to other people,

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