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Finding Joy While You Wait - Your Hope Coach Podcast EP07

Finding Joy While We Wait | EP07

Do you struggle to find joy while you wait? And why does waiting feel so much like punishment? In this episode, let’s discuss how waiting is hard and some encouraging truths from God’s Word about finding joy while we wait. Links, Verses, and Points to Ponder: Verses mentioned: Psalm 27:14Philippians 4:11, 13Romans 8:28Mark 9:24Psalm 5:11Romans 15:13 Joy Scripture List: https://carmenhorne.com/joy-scripture-writing-list/ Scriptural Declaration: You will rejoice in God because you take refuge in Him. God’s protection will…

I Bring Good News

I Bring Good News

Who is our enemy in these troubling times? Our President characterizes the fight against the COVID-19 virus as a war. And that it is. This virus is the enemy of our country and world. We are in information overload. Are you like me and have thought a couple of times, “I’ve got a cough. Do I have a fever?”  Are you also fighting the enemy of anxiety? The health and economic challenges we face add…

Isaiah 26:3 affirmation

A Way to Fear-less When We are Fear-full

I began this post on fear about two years ago. What in the whirl? How can something I wrote two years ago still resonate with me? I can just pick up and continue writing because it’s that relevant. So relevant…like the first thing I thought of was me sitting poolside at my sister-in-law’s house a few days ago and decidedly moving myself inside because there were bats (yep, you read that correctly) swooping and flying…

Still Looking For the Answer to Your Prayer?

Still Looking For the Answer to Your Prayer?

A few weeks ago we talked about prayer, actually about our struggle to pray. So, I’m still thinking about that. Can we talk a bit more? One of the reasons I think we struggle to pray is that God can sometimes seem quiet when our world seems loud. We can hardly hear ourselves think because of all the noise from our hearts breaking, and from God – we hear crickets. It’s not always that way…