Hard to Hope Video Library

Biblical comfort and counsel for when hope feels hard to find.
This page holds recordings from past Hard to Hope encouragement calls.
These are not polished teachings or courses—just a quiet space to sit with Scripture, name what’s hard, and remember what’s true.

This page is shared privately with those on my email list. New recordings will be added here over time.

You don’t need to watch everything. You don’t need to rush.

Just find a topic that resonates with where you are today.
When you don't know what to do with what you feel
For moments when you don’t know what to do with what’s going on inside.
When You Bottle It Up
When it feels easier to suppress what’s going on inside, Psalm 62:8 reminds us that God is a safe place to pour out our hearts. This call gently explores the difference between bottling up, blowing up, and bringing what’s true before him in trust.
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When You Feel Like a Failure
A gentle look at Luke 22 and Peter’s failure, considering what it means to follow Christ even when we fall short. This call reminds us that Jesus intercedes for us in our weakness and meets us with grace, not condemnation.
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When the Grief Comes Back
When grief comes back in waves, it can leave us discouraged and disoriented. This message from Ecclesiastes reframes sorrow as part of life under the curse and helps us learn to walk through it without losing hope.
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When Grief Gets Angry
Grief can involve anger, confusion, and difficult questions about what God has allowed. Through the story of Job, this call considers when angry grief becomes a posture of contention—and how looking to Christ helps us bring our pain before God with honesty and reverence.
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When the weight doesn't lift
For the days when the heaviness lingers longer than you expected.
Faith in the Fire
A reflection on Daniel 3 and what it looks like to trust God in the middle of suffering. Through the story of the fiery furnace, this call considers the courage of faith and the comfort of God’s presence with his people in the fire.
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Is This Grief or Depression?
When emotional heaviness lingers, we may not know whether we’re grieving or facing something deeper. Through Psalm 42–43, this message offers biblical guidance for discerning the difference, teaching us to examine our hearts and gently call our souls back to hope in God.
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From Weeping to Joy
In Psalm 30, we see both the depth of sorrow and the promise of restoration. This call looks at how we can speak honestly about what’s hard while anchoring our hope in God’s enduring faithfulness.
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When Grief & Hope Feel at Odds
Sometimes grief makes us afraid to hope, while hope can make us afraid to grieve. This call considers how to face today’s painful realities without assuming what God will do tomorrow—and looks to Christ as our example of confident hope amid real sorrow.
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When you need to reorient your heart
For returning again to what’s true when your focus starts to drift.
What Are You Beholding?
In seasons of sorrow, Scripture calls us to consider where our attention rests. This call explores the theme of “behold” in the Gospel of Matthew and invites us to fix our eyes on Christ and the promises God has fulfilled in Him.
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When Envy Clouds Hope
A reflection on Psalm 73 and the struggle of making sense of what we see in seasons of suffering. This call examines how our perspective can become unsettled—and how God reorients us as we draw near to him for discernment.
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The Battle Is Not Yours
When we don’t know what to do, our instinct is often to take control. But 2 Chronicles 20 shows us a better way: to confess our weakness, fix our eyes on the Lord, and trust him to fight for us.
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Choosing Life in Hard Seasons
Through Deuteronomy 30, this call considers what it means to choose life in hard seasons—turning from paths of death and taking faithful steps toward life in Christ, even while sorrow remains unresolved.
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A personal note
If it’s helpful, this is a little more of my own story of coming to faith.
My Personal Testimony
A personal reflection on how the Lord has met me in seasons of suffering, doubt, and struggle. This testimony shares more of my own story and the ways God has remained faithful, even when hope has felt hard to hold onto.
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You're welcome to come back here anytime
However you engage with this space, you’re not alone in what you’re carrying.

There are times in the Christian life when it’s hard to hope—this is simply a place to return to what’s true.