Pursue Your Dreams! Songs and stories from KeepTheFaith.

[Music] hey you found keep the faith where hope and encouragement are alive and well I'm Keith Stevens and I'm Donna Cruz sometimes it's hard to find encouragement when you're in the middle of something but looking back wow it can become so clear it's a joy to visit with Dennis Quaid the star of the new movie Reagan in theaters this Friday so many of us lived this time what is the story like it's the story of a man you know is is what it is it's not a a story of ideology it's about overcoming failures overcoming your insecurities overcoming uh a lot of obstacles in life that's what keep the faith is about too so we look forward to hearing more from Dennis and finding encouragement in songs and stories like these who knows I C but I'm good falling down thank God you're good at picking me up off the ground the world's going to try to break me but I know the one who makes me [Applause] strong but that she changed a big part of the trajectory of my life encouraging me to not ever turn a blind eye just like all of the other cars did but to be that one car that is willing to be interrupted to help some somebody in need uh that was his entry into politics for real and it came off of a failure finding God's purpose for us is a windy road that doesn't go according to our script Dennis Quaid takes us on a tour of Ronald Reagan's life from the big screen to the Oval Office and what it can show you about your dreams next on keep the faith sometimes you got to dance through the darkness sing through the fire praise when it don't make sense sometimes you got to stare down the giant worship from The [Music] [Applause] Lion sometimes you got to shout it from the mou Mountain louder in the valley trusting that he's going to get you there sometimes you got to well the Wonder wait for the answer worship with your hands in the air I'll praise you anywhere praise give him praise give him praise and the highest praise give him praise give him praise and the highest he is worthy yes he is worthy of all of the praise sometimes you got a praise in the prison cry out to Heaven shout to the door swing wide sometimes You' got to stand on your shackles Brave in the battle worship with Your Hands Held High I praise you anywhere praise give him praise give him praise and the highest praise give him praise give him praise and the highest he as Worthy is he is worthy of all of the praise give him praise give him praise and the highest praise give him praise give him praise and the highest he is worthy yes he is worthy of all of the [Music] praise faithful all my life blessings day and night countless reasons why I'll praise you anywhere every promise kept goodness every step each and every breath I'll praise you anywhere faithful Lord on my life blessings day and night countless reasons why I'll praise you anywhere every promise kept goodness every step each and every breath I'll praise you anywh praise give him praise give him praise in the highest praise give him praise give him praise in the highest he is worthy is he El worthy of all of the praise I'll praise you [Applause] anywhere oh mountain or Valley I know that you're with me there I'll praise you anywhere welcome to keep the faith where the worries and stress of Life are met with hope and encouragement there's noer love than yours it tells the dead to sleep no more but just the sound chains will break there is freedom in your name there's freedom in your name if every breath I'm breathing will be filled with praise just for one name always only Jesus let my heart cry holy in my head be raised just for one name always only Jesus [Music] fill the Earth flood the [Music] sky let all creation [Music] magnify the righteous will sing as evil shapes there is power in your name there is power in your name yeah every breath death I'm breathing will be filled with praise just for one name always only Jesus let my heart cry holy and my heads be raised just for one name always only Jesus sing the name that hush the sea oh sing the name that hell won't speak Jesus Hallelujah w sing the name that took on it oh sing the name that finished it Jesus Hallelujah Every Breath of breathing will be filled with praise just for one name always only Jesus let my heart cry holy and my hands be raised just for one name always only Jes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] just for one name always only [Music] Jesus you're listening to keep the faith I'm Donna Cruz when one dream fades it can often be the dawn of a new one Dennis Quaid stars as Ronald Reagan in the new movie Reagan in theaters this Friday starting off in Hollywood President Reagan ended up following a winding path and maybe that will encourage you on your journey I don't think he ever really reached that place that he wanted to be as an actor you know being an actor myself I can I could relate with that you he was vice president of the Screen Actors Guild and then president of the screen actress Guild and that was his entry into politics for real you know and it came off of a failure really it's you know kind of like finding God's purpose for us is a windy road that doesn't go according to our script days always the these days the world spinning out of control [Music] ooh these days are fast and they're Furious feels like the worst is ahead of us oh oo sometimes it's hard to feel at home but I believe that you and I are in the right place at the right time God called us by name he doesn't make mistakes I know we were born to shine bright in a dark world that needed some light don't have to be afraid maybe we were made for these days maybe we were made for these days what if the beauty isn't crushed it just needs the hope that's inside of us SP wo what if it's more than the destiny would if we're part of the Masterpiece ooh W until our father brings us home I believe that you and I are in the right place at the right time God called us by name he doesn't make mistakes I know we were born to shine bright in a dark world and need is some light door has to be you afid maybe we were made for these days baby we were made to stay when it gets hard to love with Open Hearts something to embrace maybe we were made for these days [Music] I believe in you and now I in the right place at the right time God call us by name he doesn't make mistakes make mistake I know we were born to shine bright in a dark world that need is some light don't have to be your afraid maybe we were made for these days [Applause] mayy we were made no negativity just hope you found keep the [Music] faith around hi this is Bart from Mercy Me God is full of grace he gives all of us a second chance so if you have a great Second Chance story to share give the gift of your story to someone who needs to hear it right now just call 800 726 4150 that's 800 726 4150 and share your story I lived in Daytona Beach for for several years kind of got away well kind of got away from the Lord I did get away from the Lord but I knew that I was just one prayer way of course and I and I was and asked for forgiveness he got me back on track but there was this club that I that I always visited I knew I had to go back over there and just want them what the Lord done for me and I wouldn't be back there was this street that you turned on to go to this club it was always a one-way Street well when I came back out it was a two-way street I just kind of thought it was cool because it seemed like for several years at least five six years that street had been a one-way Street it seemed like when I had gotten my heart right the Lord turned that into a two-way street where I could go back the way I came I thought I knew what I was talking about when I testified of your great love well I was a sore on fire there was no doubt Bible believe and saved and washed in the blood but it wasn't till I stumbled and made my mistakes yet I could know in my soul how amazing was great you brought me blessings out of a tragedy you turned my old song into a symphony and with your spirit living inside of me I'm a new creation I'm a new creation and now I know what you were talking about went from my head into my heart when I was broken at the bottom I found You're My Healer and Redeemer Jesus that's who you are you brought me blessings out of a tragedy you turn my old song into a symphony and with your spirit living inside of me I'm a new creation I'm a new creation oh it R until I stumbl and made my mistakes there I can know in my soul how am made Reon was Grace you brought me blessings out of a tragedy you turn my old song into a symphony and with your spirit living inside of me I'm a new creation you brought me blessings out of a tragedy you brought me blessing turn my old song into a syy with your spirit live with inside me inside of me I'm a new creation I'm a new creation have a new creation a new cre here living inside of me I'm a new cre I'm a new cre this is keep the faith Demi Lee tibo shares about a scary moment in her life that started a movement next on keep the faith I've had a dollar to my name I've had friends that walked away and I've even lost myself a time or two there were Bridges crossed and burned but through all the wreckage I have learned there is one thing that I can never lose if I got Jesus I've got all that I could ever need take the world away from me and I'll be okay if I got Jesus there's a hope that's living deep inside a joy that I could never hide in a safe place to fall if I got Jesus I got it [Music] all I've seen weakness turned to strength I've seen failures met with Grace and it's not from what I've done it's Christ in me a miracle I can't explain oh he's giv me his name I'm the richest man and how could ever be if I got Jesus I've got all that I could ever need take the world away from me and I'll be okay if I got Jesus there's a hope that's living deep inside a door that I could never hide in a safe place need the fall if I got Jesus I got it all oh someday that trumpet's going to sound and the king of heaven will ride upon the clouds coming down I'll hit my knees oh Lord and sings my soul I'm going home o if I got Jesus I've got all that I could ever need take the world away from me and I'll be okay if I got Jesus there's a hope that's living deep inside but door that I could never hide in a safe place to fall if I got J Jesus I got it all if I got Jesus I got it [Music] all you're listening to keep the faith I'm Keith Stevens you were made need to make a difference it can start with a moment and become a movement Demi Leebo is the founder of the TBO group and the author of a new book called a crown that lasts along with her famous football star husband Tim she uses her own platform as a former Miss Universe to fight for those who can't fight for themselves and it started with a very frightening transformative moment in her own life in 2017 I was stopped at a red traffic light and by multiple armed men and and that was a very horrific incident um I don't know what my perpetrator's goal was I just knew that it wasn't good I ended up getting away from that situation and I knocked and I called for help on multiple windows it was broad daylight pop was 5: in the afternoon but nobody would stop to help me not one single person and eventually later as I kept running down that Avenue a young girl she was 19 years old stopped and she opened her car door and she L me to safety and I'm so thankful for her not only that she led me to safety that day but that she changed a big part of the trajectory of my life encouraging me to not ever turn a blind eye or pretend not to hear pretend not to see just like all of the other cars did but to be that one car that is willing to be interrupted to help somebody in need and that that incident has really served as a catalyst to me having a heart for women all over the world and children children all over the world and using the community and the platform that I have to be able to impact lives for the better you are not hidden there never been a moment you were forgoten you are not [Music] hopeless though you have been broken your innocent stolen I hear you with whisper underneath your breath I hear your rest so your rest so I will send out an army to find you in the middle of the darkest night is true I I will rescue you there is no distance cannot be covered over and over you're not defens I'll be your shelter I'll be your armor I hear you whisper underneath with your breath I hear your rest so [Music] your I will send out an army to find you in the middle of The Dark Night true I will resue you I will never stop marching to reach you in the middle of the heartest find it true I will resue you I hear the whisper underneath your breath I hear you wishper you have [Music] nothing I will send out an army to find you in the middle of the darkest night is true I will resue you I will never stop marching the reach you in the middle of the heartest fight it true I will res you [Music] you oh I will resue you contagious and encouragement is here keep the faith are getting real Jesus Take the Wheel only way I'm getting to the other side days are getting dark Life's a little hard blinding but I'm trying not to lose sight I don't got this I know you got this and I'll believe it before I see yeah yeah yeah I know you're going to see me through it if anybody can you can do it God I know in the TR in the pl fire and the rain you're going to see me through it you're going to see me through it if anybody can you can do it and whenever my heart RS away you say the day you going to see me through it when the sky falls who am I going to call the one who put it up there in the first place full scared attack devil on my back better lce him up and go put on my game face I don't got this I know you got this yeah and I believe it before I see it yeah I know you're going to see me through it if anybody can you can do it got I know in the TR in the pain far in the rain you're going to see me through it you're going to see me through it if anybody can you can do it and whenever my home runs away you say day you going to see me through it our God is bigger than all our problems the only one who knows how to solve them so if you're sitting in the back Rock Bottom in the air if you got them I got bigger than all our problems problem the only one who knows how to solve if you're sitting in a back Rock cuz I know you going to see me do it if anybody can you can do it got to know in the TR in the C fire and the rain you're going to see me through it you're going to see me through it if anybody can you can do it and whenever my home run away you say the day you going to see me through it yeah yeah yeah I know you're going to see me through it there's so much coming at us and God says be still and know that I'm God and I think when we close our eyes and we quiet quiet ourselves and we call our mind rather than having visual stimulation we allow that song to enter into our being and we begin to process it through the the lens of our own lived experience now God can pull up whatever needs to be healed in us and speak to that place really deeply in a way that words alone are never going to [Music] do this is keep the faith next on keep the faith Dennis Quaid opens up about what makes his marriage work and we just have the greatest relationship and one of the reasons is is God is for really the first time God is really part of the fabric well I've been turned but i' never been lost seen the water get trou but we walked across when my knees were shaken you held my hand turning my problems to a Promised Land Leo good shepher I'll follow all my days there ain't nothing sweeter than to watch you make a way you walk me through the valley but you never see me wrong so lead on good sheer lead on seen somebody deep care that you brought me through seen somebody big mountains that just help un moved Glory Glory [Music] Hallelujah he that's my soul Walking With My Father into the great Le on Good Shepherd I'll follow all my days there ain't nothing sweeter than watch you make way you walk me through the valley but you never see me wrong so little the CH [Music] leader step by step Day by Day lead me on Lord I pray Road gets dark walk by faith lead on good shepher step by step Day by Day lead me on Lord I pray Ro get dark off our face Le on good sheer Le good sheer I'll follow all my days there ain't nothing sweeter than to watch you make a way you walk me through the valley but you never see me wrong so we on the sheer lead on step by step Day by Day lead me on Lord I pray roogan St walk by F meet up the shepher step by step day by day leave me on road I pray Ro get walk by F on a good sheer on a good [Music] sheerer me all the shepher all [Music] [Applause] when you let go and Trust the outcome to somebody stronger than you are you find the kind of strength you truly need on keep the faith we call it contagious encouragement this looks impossible but you're the god of impossible and I've seen your faithfulness all over my life I need a miracle and you're the god of mirales some way somehow you come through every time I know my God can do it I'm going to worship through it before I see my breakthrough I'm going to choose to praise you I will sing Hallelujah to the one who can do what the world says can't be done I know my God can do it so I'm going to worship through it [Applause] oh in the middle of my no way out in the middle of I don't know how I hear you whisper to me peace peace still this is why I believe that you will deliver me you always have and you always well you always have and you always will I know my God can do it I'm going to worship through it before I see my breakthrough I'm want to choose to praise you I will sing Hallelujah to the one who can do what the world says can't be done I know my God can do it I'm going to worship you I won't wait till the rocks cry out I'm going to praise you I won't wait till the walls come down I'm going to praise you you're going to lift my my heads right here right now I'm going to praise you oh God I praise you I praise you cuz I know I know my God can do it I'm going to worship through it bre breakthrough I will sing Hallelujah to the one who can do what the world says can't be done I know my God can do it I'm going to worship through it the do my God you can do it so I worship you Hallelujah cuz I know my God can do it I'm going to worship through it you're listening to keep the faith I'm Donna Cruz the foundation of any relationship usually determines if it'll stay strong or crumble Dennis Quaid has appeared in a slew of movies over his nearly 50-year career including Jaws 3 Soul Surfer and American underdog now he stars in the new movie Reagan in theaters this Friday President Reagan understood the gift of a strong marriage he adored his wife Nancy she was his biggest fan and Confidant and when it comes to relationships Dennis himself has had his share of ups and downs but this time his marriage is different you know my beautiful wife Laura you know it took me a long time to really find uh find the person and uh wasn't looking and we just have the greatest relationship and one of the reasons is is God is for really the first time God is really part of the fabric he's he's in the relationship I think that's really important we I think we expect the other person to solve a lot of our problems and a lot of the things in life and you know that's God's job actually and um it's too much to put on another person and um also just to share the beauty and endure uh the times that come along that we humans to you know we're just we're not very good and a lot of things that come along we go we start acting like kids and and uh squabbling and stuff like that you know but so it's it's good to have God in a relationship for that life hit you so hard that you've been knocked down have you gone too far to find the middle ground did they raise you so high just to pull you back down have you been so lost you could never be found cuz I've been real I've been fake been a c been a [Music] saint I've been right I've been so so wrong you made my mistakes I don't know what it's like to be you don't know what it's like to be what if we're all the same in different kinds of ways can you can you relate [Music] we both know what it's like to be H we both know what it's like to feel but I think it's safe to say we're on to better days can you can you relate can youate have you ever been left when you should have been Lov that's there re been a time when you stay but you should run cuz I've been real I've been [Music] fake been a c been a sa I've been right I've been so so wrong yeah made my mistakes I don't know what it's like to be you you don't know what it's like to be me what if we're all the same in different kind of ways can you can you relate we both know what it's like to be H we both know what it's like to feel pain but I think it's safe to stay we're on to better days can you can you relate can you [Music] relate can you relate can you I don't know what it's like to be you you don't know what it's like to be me but by the grace of God we'll see each other's heart can you can you stories have the power to move your soul and songs do too so when you put them together you have a combination that takes encouragement and makes it contagious this is keep the faith weapon may be formed but it won't Prosper when the Darkness Falls it won't Prevail cuz the God I serve knows only how to Triumph my God will never fail [Music] oh my God will never fail I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord I'm going to see your Victory I'm going to see your victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord [Music] there's power in the mighty name of Jesus every war he wages he will win oh I'm not backing down from any giant cuz I know how this story isend is I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord oh going to worship my way through this battle going to worship my way through you take what the enemy me for evil and you turn it for good you turn it for good oh you take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good you turn it for good yeah you take what the enemy meant for evil and you turn it for good you turn it for good I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord I'm going to see your Victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord I'm going to see a victory I'm going to see a victory for The Battle Belongs to You Lord oh you take what the en mayil and it turn it for you turn it for okay you're turning it around you take what the enemy me for and you turn it forus you turn it forus look get it out working it for my you know I I think in this time we got to remember to not be so consumed with discouraging news and reports you know throughout the Bible we see that fear is a powerful manipulation tool so it's it's difficult for us but we you know we try to live by you know we we got to stop fearing and start living because if we let fear hold us back in so many other places throughout our life you know we'd be too paralyzed to move forward I was standing F I saw walk by F my live by F oh I believe I believe I believe stand in this is Keith the [Music] faith hi I'm Dennis qu on keep the faith here's an encouraging thought for you today from Ron Reagan the future doesn't belong to the fainthearted it belongs to the [Music] brave if you fell on some hard times if you long days turn to long nights if you're drowning on the inside With Every Beat of your heart if there's dust on your Bible if your Soul's needing a Revival well even if it's been a while you can come as you are God loves people like you cuz God loves people like me a lost and hopeless sinner that Mercy has redeemed and if you feel like he don't the cross is proof that he does praise the Lord Lord oh Hallelujah that God loves God loves People Like Us oh yes God loves People Like Us [Music] yes if you've been tell a hard hand and there's so much you don't understand fighting battles with the questions running through your mind but if you're thinking that it ain't true cuz how could anybody love you but here's a g in the good news he's never left your side I love people like you cuz God loves people like me a lost and hope a cner the mercy has redeemed and if you feel like he don't the cross is Pro that he does praise the Lord hallelujah thank God loves God loves people like God loves people like every second of our Liv we are precious in His sight we are children to a the father gave his all to give us life it don't matter where you are it don't matter who you've been oh and if you have forgotten let me tell you once again God loves people like you cuz God loves people like me lost and Hess sinner holding Mercy has redeemed you feel like he he the cross is proof that he does he does praise the Lord hallelu that God loves God loves people like us God loves People Like Us yes he does yes he does God lovees people like us us got love people like he loves People Like Us improbable people are the people that God seems to choose and order to show his power in order to show that he's not going to use the normal things of this world to do his work he's going to use the improbable things he's going to use the things that are not and so if you don't feel like you have what it takes that's perfect you don't that's you're right you don't and that's exactly the kind of people God seems to want to use Here I Am Lord send me all of my life I make an offering Here I Am Lord send me somehow my storying is a part of your plan here I am [Applause] [Music]