Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the Morning Mindset. I'm so thankful you're here.

My name is Carrie Green. I am a retired pastor who is just excited about helping people

get their minds aligned with the truth of God's Word for this day. That's why the Morning

Mindset is a daily podcast because we leak overnight. We kind of reset overnight to our

default, fleshly way of living, and we need to reset our mind every single morning. So

I'm glad you're here. Thanks for joining us. We're going to dive in today to 2 Corinthians

chapter 4, verse number 7. But before we get there, I wanted to let you in a little bit

on my history. When I was a kid, I loved to read. And my brother was just about two years

older than me, introduced me to fantasy fiction. So Lord of the Rings, that kind of thing.

And I just really have a love for that kind of fiction. And I actually tried my hand

at writing a series of books myself. It's called the Dragon Slayer Chronicles. And

it did this as an adult with a desire to use fiction to teach spiritual principles.

And it's not a preachy kind of a book. It's not a book that's overdone with spiritual

analogies. It's a real life scenario dealing with situations you and I face every day using

fiction. I've had people who don't even like fantasy tell me they love this series.

If you'd like to find out more about my Dragon Slayer Chronicle series, check the URL

in the description or go to Dragon Slayerbook.com. Alright, let's dive in to 2 Corinthians

4, 7. If you notice the title of this episode, it's when you were saved, you were given

power for living. Now, friends, I know what it's like to be in a circumstance where you're

saying to yourself, or maybe sometimes you even say out loud, I mean, I can't take

this anymore. Or this is so over my head. I am in over my head. I don't know what to

do. Friends, I've been there. So don't even be pointing my finger when they say we as

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