This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. I'm so glad that you found us today and whether you're at home or in your car.

We're so glad that you're here and we pray that God will give you hope in times of difficulty.

Rick is taking us through the book of Daniel and that's so we'll be equipped to handle whatever curveball life throws at us.

Even the most difficult trials.

Hey, before we get started, I'm very excited because I want to let you know about Rick's new book,

The Daily Hope Devotional.

365 days of purpose, peace, and promise.

Please tell your friends and family about it. It's now available

at your favorite bookstores. Go grab your copy today. This has been such a great message,

and I'm so excited to hear what Rick has to say today in the final part of the message called

When Your World is Shaken Up.

You remember the story of Joseph in the Bible?

You know, he had this vision and one day he'd be a great leader, and literally for the first 40 years of his life, everything went wrong.

He's betrayed by his brothers.

He's sold into slavery.

He's taken down to Egypt.

He gets a job as a slave in a boss's home.

The woman, the wife of the boss, is attracted to him, she comes on to him, offers herself to him,

he refuses, he said, I have integrity, I'm not going to have an affair with my boss's wife.

And so she feels spurned, she accuses him in rape, and he's put in prison for the rest of his life

for a crime he never committed. Everything's gone wrong in his life, but it's exactly where God

wanted him. And a series of circumstances, the second half of his life is like this, and he ends up

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