The Timeless Truth of Christ (Part 1 of 2)

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Good thing it was dark outside her people would've thought I was crazy nice complement and we do want people to laugh and Ellie's can help us do just that. Today she's a native New Yorker, and she and her husband Frank live in Reston Virginia have three grown children.

And here now is Ellie Lucero speaking at a women's conference on Focus on the Family that is rather than anything because it's a perfect community 20 pools everything just walking trails and jogging trails is no funeral homes or cemeteries, building utopia. I guess I need to everyday life rationales every three months anyway unique play just loveliness planted very nice, but it really was unique change for me in the beginning I believe that to be between 30 and baby boomers will have to move out skyscraper and I go there every few months and I sing some songs, play guitar and honorary member of the 30+ club. I like doing humor field people hearing around the room real well is nothing more beautiful people say many years. Take time characteristics of people you spend time with.

Like when your Christian start to look like Jesus. When you walk in a room. Sometimes when you will say when it be nice if we could say that Jesus was not about her are you happy about great opportunities Jesus telling us today. This is how I am. I love that wonderful thing about all you get to enjoy some of their wisdom. Here are some observations made by senior saints. One lady said that it is my only means of relaxation every day someone anaerobic Connecticut women gained 5 pounds.

Mildred says my mind that only one completely troubled where taxes. The nice part about living in a small town when you know what you're doing is late because by then your body that are really good friends everything and then I regained consciousness jogging for my help in my thighs rubbing together fire. Lillian said me, especially when they say things like my maiden name my keys with her birth control pills. I care. The only lady shopping mall is approaching the little white car all four doors are open, the trunk is open 14 boys are proceeding into her car.

She's would've the Police Lt. and she has the right to carry his weapon is not loaded but she carries it she reaches into her deep pocketbook as he pulled it out car use it.

Teenagers do not wait for second imitation. I plan she was so shaken. Poor thing.

She put her back in the car. She sent them in the driver seat. She was just absolutely upset and she cannot get the key in the ignition. 10 minutes. 15 minutes later she looked over for cards and she saw the car jacking your mom and I really like you can look and you know I know I know now going back for the third time getting is really very very hard to laugh at ourselves lady mother is fine work. Aging is hardware. I like the story of Mabel. She's a sharp women name was raise her son David right and she's a little concerned. The big city and he has a roommate who is a female David click on Mabel, not so sure about that she knows that if you go there. She can help our own eyes is very discerning.

Mabel arrived and they plan a lovely dinner. Stephanie Cook's Mabel goes home couple of days later.

Stephanie says to David.

David, I'm not saying anything. But ever since your mom laugh my sterling silver granulated was missing. Stephanie anything but it's missing, I'll email you but the fact is, the granulated has been missing ever since you left Mabel Roback next day by email and your sleep. If you are on me out and exhausted my kids were perfect until they were 18 months and they started displaying character traits from my in-laws. I pray for the children all the time is pray Lord, thank you for the fact that we do believe your promises.

Thank you father for foundations that are strong because of you. You are the foundation that is strong and when were built on you settled on you living in you abiding in you as the Scripture says and you we can be strong. Father, help us now to examine his word and Joshua and to understand what it is to be an offer, that is what this day is about life we desire to be overcome as we need to be. Life is hard and you are good and all things are possible through you help us now father is eliminating work in a manner if you do have a Bible trying to Joshua three being in overcome her. I think when we think of overcoming very often we think of physical maladies. We think of the great Johnny Erickson, who in a diving accident, became a quadriplegic.

We think of those who have survived horrible things. I spoke at a retreat last year in Sacramento, California and arrived at the airport in this lovely woman Sue pick me up strawberry colored hair and freckles and she had told me that she had recently had a double mastectomy and she explained to me was a win-win situation.

I said when you tell me about that as well. You know if I got better, the glory would go to God if I got sick people would pay attention better. My Christianity in my sickness my families come closer to God. My husband's estate. If I die to be with him. I think you should be teaching us. We cannot bring win-win on their you can all think of in overcome her in your life maybe you are one tragic circumstances difficulties. I know woman in Virginia is to little boys have been diagnosed with cancer six months apart and special agencies in the government calling her to see if maybe there sitting on some type of property or some chemicals in their mid-when you speak to her and ask how is that going. What is that like a Humana God is and once enough, she said you know I had to come to grips with was the very very very worst thing that can happen for the little voice physically, that would dive but will be immediately in God's presence and I asked myself what am I so upset about Paris is pretty sharp and she's like mom I want Jesus to come back.

But after the wedding was a young Christie nice to hear the women of faith. The great women of my church sale you, Lord Jesus, come take us out of here. I thought they must be someone life supporting what he wanted to rush. I understand now when we look at headlines and we look at abuse and we look at what's happening with kidnappings and homes and sex rings and all things that we like to somehow lock them in a white room wondering what we can do that and you grandma know what it's like to stand by and watch it happen again to grandchildren that you give your life for you do anything to protect him non-Christian neighbor with the terrorism and the anthrax was quite an issue in the DC area willing 2500 depending on she called me to let me know that she had a plan and emergency evacuation management plan for her only child. I listen I thought how sad that she thinks her plan will protect the child. We can't protect anybody. People say to me you not afraid to go on claims doesn't bother you.

I said what can happen on a plane that you can happen in a supermarket you're not in control of your life. Are you now we are over Congress and we know from Proverbs 31 that she left the base to come. Why did she have a lobotomy. She left the good guys win in the US because the King is coming. She laughed because she lives forever. She lives forever. I wrote about just a very small amount of copies of the few thousand called bonding with the blonde women will never guess. I think that title.

My speaking and stop the Radiohead stop. They moved and God said, one day when complaining about working in.

I want to love the blonde women God yes 11. We never owned a new housing. Those ideas have the New York Ave., Virginia. Everybody's doing the same thing. Putting in the carpeting getting the trades amount painting the windows and the gutters on that and I knocked on 33 N. and invited 33 women for Bible study, so I wasn't a theologian or an expert in anything. But I love God of the Bible is helpful for life.

Then came the amazing press four years ago. Now the morning in my group, 52, Nina people are hungry and need to lose weight think that jokes are funny joke here in life is changed and people are hungry women have graduate degrees, women have talent they have positions helpful painting in the right places in their homes but somewhere. Somewhere they left this at first holy Communion and confirmation at the altar at the cemetery somewhere.

They were mad and decided this in mattering more and is so exciting so excited I love it.

They raise their hand and one woman says, whose husband is very successful.

Ellie my vinyl defective. While it would happen. What is it in the beginning I woman is a successful account and want to know is God's turnaround time in prayer is been so refreshing. If you are not hanging out with women who don't look like you are missing something, you missing something. I love God's promises.

I love that we are over Congress.

I love that we get to live forever. Just to give you a little background here where entering the promised land in Joshua one Jocelyn the people are prepared. The river Jordan to be crossing a memorial will be erected. We know that Moses did not get to enter in. We know that whole generation did not get to enter in the complainers. They were griping they were motors are procrastinators and they did not get enter and God waited until all the disobedient people of God he will take out the people that are causing trouble. He will remove the murmurs in the stuffers preparation. Joshua three verse five then Joshua said to the people, consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you and Joshua spoke to the priest saying the ark of the covenant and cross overhead of the people so they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people and the Lord said to Joshua this day, I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel variance again, making somebody great to exalt you Joshua, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you. You shall moreover command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant saying when you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan you shall stand still in the Jordan, Joshua said the sons of Israel come here and hear the word of the Lord and Joshua said by this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will assuredly this possess from the before the Canaanite Hittite headlight the parasite the garbage site New Jersey. I turned my sorry Desi, the holy Ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is overhead into the Jordan now then take yourselves 12 men from the tribes of Israel. One man from each tribe shall come about when the souls of the sea and the priest when the souls of the Sea of the priests who carried the ark when they were in the Jordan, when they shall rest in the waters of the Jordan and the Jordan shall be cut off in the waters which are flowing down shall stand up in 18 the Jews are tired haven traveling 40 years because it was a man upfront who would not have for direction. Sorry, sorry. Three men walking along the river and it was a terrible storm they were taking a lovely hike in a horrible storm. They were Christian men and it was a nice hike in the woods and in the storm was so amazing and they had to get back over this river that they had crossed was no way to do it.

The river suddenly was going 80 miles an hour and one man said, Lord, Lord, Lord, give me the strength across the river he jumped in the river and he swam across the just made it almost drowned spinning and bleeding hearts the second man said, Lord, given the strength and the tools to cross the river. God put a little rollable right there, he wrote with all his mind he got across this river. The third said, Lord, give me the strength and the tools and the wisdom to cross the river. God turned a mental woman. She read the map and cross over the bridge 10 you directions to the preparation and preparing when cancer, and you have not prepared in your faith play when comes I wanted my thing. I just asked Jesus into her heart and she called me I was doing retreat in Nashville on the cell phone and she said please pray for us were on the way to hospital. I found Corey dead in his bed this morning some type of extreme unusual station as I got in the reception line. After the mass I put my face next to hers and her face was all wet and she whispered again that it's okay nagging you don't have to get you ladies are some things when I can get on the side of the veil. There is something which is not gonna get lucky we believe likely trusts, but can we say he is God and he is a good God my sisters neighbor committed suicide. He hung himself on the remote in the garage. My sister is not a C. Christian was watch what I call Christians who report for duty every day. She's a good woman. I believe that she's close to asking Jesus into her life. My son I visited her teenage boy who found his father and let him down from the ceiling was out in the street just mechanically bouncing the ball bouncing the ball shooting, bouncing, bouncing, shooting, and I said Michelle had given over there. She was on the life I took a casserole when it first happened, but that I would know what if you're Christian you need to sit on the end of that hospital bed with more than good luck hang in there. If you're Christian you need to have something to say cemetery when the casket is lower.

We are over Congress. We are women of faith that women of substance. It is not hanging there. Do your best, come what may. He is God.

We will live forever. We will meet again on illegal through shears so plainly mincing doesn't she and I really appreciate her compelling message about living out our faith and being bold ensuring the gospel with others.

This is Focus on the Family able to hear more about how that dynamic fees will sustain you through difficult days. Next time you know Joan I don't know how people get by without believing in a loving Savior who cares for you and it makes all the difference in here at Focus on the Family we want to always point you back to the Lord and his word which contains all the answers we need for this life recently woman named Katie Joyce and us this note in response to your broadcast.

She said thank you for the difference. Focus on the Family has made in my life I grew up in a healthy home but when I first got married, I struggled with some pretty heavy issues were did I turn Focus on the Family, which turned me back to God. I love that she went on to say now I have four little kids and in training to run a marathon, so I spend many hours running alone listening to Focus on the Family podcasts I come back from my runs physically exhausted but spiritually strong.

I live far away from family and far away from any sort of Bible Belt. Thank you Focus on the Family for being my Bible Belt and for encouraging me to live for God's glory is a wonderful thing. I like the idea of us being Bible Belt gritting her up for the challenges of every day.

That's really the best kind of outreach we can do it really is John and we are here to help people like Katie Joy and you to help your families to thrive in Christ and if you need some advice and encouragement. Please give us a call our friendly staff are here to listen to your concerns and pray with you and if you need more in-depth help will schedule a call back from one of our caring Christian counselors we have an amazing team here to assist you very proud of them and if you can please donate to the worker during her Focus on the Family were nonprofit organization and we rely on your donations. That's it. And when you give generously a gift of any amount we'd like to send you a CD copy of this complete broadcast from Ellie Lucero as our way of saying thank you and you can donate and get that CDC can usually share this message with a friend when you call 800 K and the word family or click the link in the episode next time. Ellie will continue to assure the hope of in Christ Jesus on behalf of Jim Daly and the entire team.

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