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Building an Empire of Hope

Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove - Joy In Job - Part 2

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Ben Courson

Ben Courson is founder of Hope Generation, host of a global TV and national radio program, an author of the book “Optimisfits” and an international speaker based out of Applegate Christian Fellowship.

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Love my family!!! “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” – Psalm 127:3-5

Loved speaking hope yesterday! I shared about how God said, when a mother nurses her child, she will never forget about her baby. And even if she did, God will never forget about you, O Israel, for He has engraved your name on the palm of His hand. When a mother gives birth, she says, “This is my body broken for you.” Then in the next instant, in response to the created’s primal hunger, “This is my body, take and eat.” To be a mother is to self-empty, to neither slumber nor sleep, so attuned is she to the cries in the night, and to offer the comfort of herself. God, like a mother hen, gathers His people under His wing and engraves their name on the palm of His hand. He is the Abba who nurtures like a mother, and He will NEVER forget about you💕

This is what it’s all about, comments like this (thank you to any and all of you that take the time to write):
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“I am writing to let you know how much I appreciate your voice.

I know the Word and my wife and I have taken our kids to a good church all their lives but they all had begun wondering away because their friends and teachers have mocked christianity and the pulls of the world have just been so enticing.
Then our family ran into your tv program which led us to all your other content.
Hope Generation is not an echo, but it is the voice for the new generation.
To make a long story short, all 3 of our teens have reconnected with our Savior and our fully and completely walking with God. They are not only handing out your new book Optimisfits to their friends, but to their teachers as well.
They are literally new people.
Tears of joy from these two parents.
Really can’t thank you enough.”
-David and Amanda
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*Go to bencourson.com and check out our Media page for times and stations where HG is played globally and/or watch our episodes on our Hope Generation YouTube

It’s difficult for Americans to grasp what Paul and the theologians call, “Grace.” Our republic is a capitalist society predicated upon lobbying and campaigning, corporate and climbing. Survival of the fittest will determine which of our competitors will win the consumer’s money. An “earn-your-keep” genre of American - classic and industrious - pulls himself up by his bootstraps and hierarchically elevates himself by working harder than the next guy. We push and strive and advertise! Adapt and overcome. Burn the candle at both ends. That’s how you make it here.

While this is the M.O. for consumeristic demand met by capitalistic supply - i.e. our present democracy - the Kingdom
of God runs counter to free enterprise.

The less you work for God’s grace the better it goes.

Read that sentence again.

In America you have to want it, work for it, and deserve it. That’s why grace is so hard for Americans to receive. It’s confusing to us that you have to do literally nothing.

God’s love cannot be finagled or bought. It’s free. With no strings attached.

Yup, the news is that good.

Invert your thinking: because like sleeping or being sincere, when it comes to grace, the less you TRY the better it works!

Insert smile emoji.

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