Hi, this is Joel in Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry.

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I like to get started each week with something kind of funny and I heard about this minister that was out walking down the street and he came upon this group of young boys that were surrounding a little dog.

He asked them what they were doing and they explained that they were having a contest and whoever could tell the biggest lie would get to keep the dog.

The minister launched into a 10-minute sermon online beginning with don't you know lying is a sin and ending with when I was your age I never told a lie.

There was complete silence just when he thought he'd gotten through to them. The youngest boy spoke up and said, all right, give him the dog.

Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus' name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about staying filled with hope and believing that your time is coming. God has put promises in every one of our hearts.

You have dreams and desires, things you want to accomplish, situations you want to see change. But so often because it's taken so long or because we tried and failed.

We went through a disappointment. Somebody didn't treat us right. Now we've given up on those dreams. We've gotten complacent and we're not pursuing what God's put in our heart.

But I want to encourage you today to get your fire back. You have to stay filled with hope. It may be taken a long time but God is a faithful God.

And he's saying no matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.

Every dream that's in your heart, every promise that's taken root. God not only put it there but he has every intention of bringing it to pass.

Now I want you to have this attitude, my time is coming. I've been giving and giving. Haven't seen a lot of results. But that's okay. I know my time is coming.

Or I'm living in a small apartment. All my friends have nice homes. I'm not discouraged. I know my time is coming.

Or I really want to get married. Haven't met anybody yet. But I know God's in control. At the right time he's going to bring the right person, my time is coming.

This is what hope is all about. Believing that the promise God put in you will come to pass.

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