#014: Attitude of Gratitude

by Jeff | Dec 1, 2013

On this special Thanksgiving edition of HopeNet Radio, Dave, Jeff, Kyle, and Todd talk about what it means to be thankful and how to find ways to have an attitude of gratitude when you might not feel it. Thanksgiving can be a difficult time of year for many. If you have a difficult time with the holidays and feel overwhelmed by the stress or the pain associated with it, we encourage you to chat with a Live Coach about it and ask about ways to break the blues during the holidays. Oh, and listen to this show, too! 🙂

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#013: Life In Spite of Me: Kristen Jane Anderson

by Jeff | Nov 24, 2013

Kristen Jane Anderson sits down with Jeff and Dave to share her story of tragedy and hope on HopeNet Radio. Kristen attempted to take her life at age 17, but God had other plans.

Overwhelmed by wave after wave of emotional trauma, Kristen Anderson no longer wanted to live. One January night, determined to end her pain once and for all, the seventeen-year-old lay across train tracks not far from her home and waited to die. Her story of surviving her suicide attempt is documented in her book, Life In Spite of Me: Extraordinary Hope After a Fatal Choice.

Parents, this is a good show to talk about with your kids.

Reaching You Ministries

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#012: Adoption Stories

by Jeff | Nov 17, 2013

4 people. 4 adoption stories. November is Adoption Awareness Month. Listen to James, Sam, Dave C, and Steve share their adoption stories on this episode of HopeNet Radio.

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As an outsider, I’m guilty of thinking that the adoption process is usually smooth and that, as long as you go through a good adoption agency, you have a 99% adoption success rate. The reality is much different as we learn on the show tonight. It’s messy. It’s sometimes disappointing. You question the choice to adopt. People don’t really understand the challenges. It can be a lonely season in life. Thankfully, these 4 guys have great insight to share and ways they overcame the doubts and fears. Ultimately, they saw God work first-hand in their lives.

Links:

National Adoption Day
National Council for Adoption

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#011: Top 10 Ways to Ruin Thanksgiving

by Jeff | Nov 10, 2013

Tonight on HopeNet Radio, DW, Jeff, Kyle & Todd share the top 10 ways to ruin Thanksgiving. While this time of year can bring up so many different emotions, we want to have fun, but also address the pain that often comes up around the holidays.

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#010: Anger & Unmet Expectations

by Jeff | Nov 3, 2013

#010: Anger & Unmet Expectations

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Who’s on this episode?

Jeff Strommen @jstrommen
Dave Wager @wagerdaw

Today’s age is interesting, to say the least. Our American expectations for life are not only elaborate, but are often superficial and pointless because our pursuits turn out to be insufficient in the satisfying category. Our stuff we collect doesn’t really satisfy us and we end up bored and desiring of new things. Our youth are starving for affirmations that they’re looking in so many wrong places. This world will tell them anything – how sexy, smart, beautiful, strong they are. And we all fall for them because at the core, we really want those things. The reality is that these things the world sells us are often lies.

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Show Notes

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from. – Seth Godin

This is an interesting quote from Mr. Godin. After all, life is full of expectations. Disappointment comes when our expectations aren’t met. Naturally, our response is usually frustration, anger, sadness, or a combination of all 3. Tonight’s conversation is all about how to have healthy expectations in life.

+ Focal Points. Each family has spoken or unspoken focal points. An example would be a farming family whose livelihood centers around milking cows.
+ What is your family about?
+ Our expectations are shaped by our perspective. God has no perspective. He sees everything plainly.

Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. – Voltaire

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14) There are things that God asks us to do for Him that don’t make sense to us. -Todd