The 10 Minute Hope Show Beth Tomko and Heather Lake
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- Society & Culture
Hope means to believe that something good can happen.
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Do the Next Thing with Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot was a missionary and speaker who experienced great trials and troubles during her lifetime, but she followed God wherever He led, regardless of the cost. She worked as a missionary in Ecuador even after the death of her husband Jim Elliot at the hands of the people they had come to serve.
Later, she returned to America and served by writing and speaking Biblical encouragement. For more information, check out her website: www.elisabethelliot.org
Show Notes:
Verse: Isaiah 43:2
Poem: Do The Next Thing
Elisabeth’s Radio Show: Gateway to Joy
Elisabeth’s Podcast: The Elisabeth Elliot Podcast -
Viktor Frankl - Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl was a Austrian neurologist who was also a Jew during World War 2. He lost his entire family during the Holocaust, and spent time in a Nazi concentration camp himself as well. After he was released, he wrote a book called ”Man’s Search for Meaning” which was the world-wide best seller that year. Join us as we delve into his story today.
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Prayer During World War 2
James P. Moore Jr., ”American Prayers, on D-Day and Today,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2004/06/06/american-prayers-on-d-day-and-today/0872ee3e-c6f9-446c-94ae-05ab814a7175/.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. “’A Might Endeavor:” D-Day.” https://www.fdrlibrary.org/d-day
“Transcript of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Order of the Day (1944).” https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=75&page=transcript
Roy Wenzel. “How D-Day Changed the Course of WWII.” History. June 5, 2019. https://www.history.com/news/d-day-important-world-war-ii-victory -
Praying for Ukraine
Today we talk about the importance of praying for leaders, such as the Ukrainian President Zelensky, in times of conflict, and specific ways we can be praying for Ukraine right now.
Show Notes:
1 Timothy 2:1
YWAM Kyiv - www.ywamkyiv.org -
Amy Carmichael: Mother to Many
Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India at the turn of the century. She lived there for 55 years, and rescued many children from the evil practice of selling children as slaves to the temples. She cared for them, raised them, gave them a home, and taught them about the Lord. Her work still continues today.
For more information:
A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot
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Josephine Butler: A Reformer’s Faith
Note: This episode contains mature content and is not appropriate for children.
Josephine Butler fought for the rights of women and girls in England in the late 1800s. She is campaigned specifically against the Contagious Diseases Act which in practice caused much more harm than good for women, and saw great changes happen in her lifetime. We share her story here.
Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. (Horace Marshall and Son, London) 1911