The Help & Hope audio stories produced by MARKINC address some of life's darkest circumstances that are often difficult to discuss yet need to be faced as we help one another walk by faith. These are the real-life testimonies of people who have walked through these experiences and have found their strength in Christ. Listening to these resources is also a way to sure up your foundation for those uninvited moments when your faith is challenged. We hope you will be encouraged and that you will share these stories with others to help them persevere in faith. 

Dr. Charles Betters and his wife, Sharon. Founders of MARKINC - Making Abundant Riches Know In the Name of Christ- share in this video the importance of why the Help & Hope Stories are produced.

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Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation
Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation

Have you ever thought about what your family will remember about you when you are gone? Have you considered intentionally leaving a legacy of faith? In this conversation, co-hosts Sharon Betters and Heidi Nequist talk with Elizabeth Turnage, life and legacy coach, author, and speaker, about questions such as: What is a "spiritual legacy"? What types of legacies can we leave? What about stories? Which stories should we share? How do we share these stories? What if our family doesn’t want to hear…

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Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation
Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation
Miscarriage: Deeply Traumatic, Tragically Common
Miscarriage: Deeply Traumatic, Tragically Common
Prayers for Your Baby or Child in a Medical Crisis
Prayers for Your Baby or Child in a Medical Crisis
Relationships: Are They Worth It?
Relationships: Are They Worth It?
Ever Growing, Ever Green: A Conversation with Ruth Auffarth
Ever Growing, Ever Green: A Conversation with Ruth Auffarth
Faith Based Giving
Faith Based Giving
Living Life with Eternity in View
Living Life with Eternity in View
Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief
Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1
Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman
Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman
The Mother-In-Law Dance
The Mother-In-Law Dance
When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer
When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer
Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink
Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink
ALS - On My Way Home
ALS - On My Way Home
Blow Away the Dark Clouds
Blow Away the Dark Clouds
Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity
Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity
Abuse in the Church
Abuse in the Church
When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old
When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain
The Good Gift Of Weakness
The Good Gift Of Weakness
Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More
Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More
When Drugs Steal Your Life
When Drugs Steal Your Life
When You Love A Prodigal
When You Love A Prodigal
His Ways Are Higher Than Ours
His Ways Are Higher Than Ours
Women and Pornography, Breaking the Chains
Women and Pornography, Breaking the Chains
Married to an Alcoholic
Married to an Alcoholic
Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled With Joy
Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled With Joy
Finding Joy In The Hard Places With Autism
Finding Joy In The Hard Places With Autism
A Father's Love for a Son with Special Needs
A Father's Love for a Son with Special Needs

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Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation
Tell Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation
Miscarriage: Deeply Traumatic, Tragically Common
Miscarriage: Deeply Traumatic, Tragically Common
Prayers for Your Baby or Child in a Medical Crisis
Prayers for Your Baby or Child in a Medical Crisis
Relationships: Are They Worth It?
Relationships: Are They Worth It?
Ever Growing, Ever Green: A Conversation with Ruth Auffarth
Ever Growing, Ever Green: A Conversation with Ruth Auffarth
Faith Based Giving
Faith Based Giving
Living Life with Eternity in View
Living Life with Eternity in View
Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief
Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1
A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1
Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman
Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman
The Mother-In-Law Dance
The Mother-In-Law Dance
When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer
When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer
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Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink
Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink
ALS - On My Way Home
ALS - On My Way Home
Blow Away the Dark Clouds
Blow Away the Dark Clouds
Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity
Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity
Abuse in the Church
Abuse in the Church
When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old
When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain
The Good Gift Of Weakness
The Good Gift Of Weakness
Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More
Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More
When Drugs Steal Your Life
When Drugs Steal Your Life
When You Love A Prodigal
When You Love A Prodigal
His Ways Are Higher Than Ours
His Ways Are Higher Than Ours
Women and Pornography, Breaking the Chains
Women and Pornography, Breaking the Chains
Married to an Alcoholic
Married to an Alcoholic
Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled With Joy
Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled With Joy
Finding Joy In The Hard Places With Autism
Finding Joy In The Hard Places With Autism
A Father's Love for a Son with Special Needs
A Father's Love for a Son with Special Needs
When Church Hurts
When Church Hurts
Pieces to Peace, Loving a Prodigal Daughter
Pieces to Peace, Loving a Prodigal Daughter
I Forgive You
I Forgive You
Healing What You Can't Erase
Healing What You Can't Erase
Ben Fuller - Addiction and Hope
Ben Fuller - Addiction and Hope
Conflict with Adult Children
Conflict with Adult Children
Hope for the Parents of the Prodigal Child ~ from a Prodigal
Hope for the Parents of the Prodigal Child ~ from a Prodigal
A Widow's Journey
A Widow's Journey
Hope In The Midst Of Grief
Hope In The Midst Of Grief
Preparing To Die Well
Preparing To Die Well
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Depression in Motherhood
Depression in Motherhood
Disability, Death, Guilt and Grief
Disability, Death, Guilt and Grief
Caring For My Husband With Alzheimer's
Caring For My Husband With Alzheimer's
Marriage and Caregiving: Making it Work
Marriage and Caregiving: Making it Work
When You're Never Enough
When You're Never Enough
Flourishing in a Season of Loss
Flourishing in a Season of Loss
God's Presence In Suffering
God's Presence In Suffering
Life Lessons from a CEO
Life Lessons from a CEO
Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss
Living with Grief and Thriving After Loss
Faith That Doesn't Quit
Faith That Doesn't Quit
A Painful Past – Healing and Moving Forward
A Painful Past – Healing and Moving Forward
Is It Abuse?
Is It Abuse?
The Reality of Infertility
The Reality of Infertility
The Sound of Freedom in Real Life
The Sound of Freedom in Real Life
Everything is (Not) Fine
Everything is (Not) Fine
Can You Just Sit With Me?
Can You Just Sit With Me?
Now I Lay Me Down to Fight - Breast Cancer
Now I Lay Me Down to Fight - Breast Cancer
Hidden Wounds and Scars of Chronic Illness – Is There Hope?
Hidden Wounds and Scars of Chronic Illness – Is There Hope?
Human Trafficking - A Path to Freedom
Human Trafficking - A Path to Freedom
Anxiety - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Anxiety - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture
Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture
When Your Son Commits Suicide - Grieving Moms Finding Hope
When Your Son Commits Suicide - Grieving Moms Finding Hope
Trauma Can Not Rob You of Your Intended Identity
Trauma Can Not Rob You of Your Intended Identity
Caring for Aging Parents Part 2
Caring for Aging Parents Part 2
The Legacy of Story Telling Part 1
The Legacy of Story Telling Part 1
A Grieving Mother Shares Her Heart
A Grieving Mother Shares Her Heart
In good times and bad, come to Jesus
In good times and bad, come to Jesus
The Power of a Praying Grandmother
The Power of a Praying Grandmother
Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief
Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief
Organizing Your Life and Legacy
Organizing Your Life and Legacy
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Caregiver: Who Cares for You?
Caregiver: Who Cares for You?
Loneliness
Loneliness
The Unexpected Treasures of Down Syndrome
The Unexpected Treasures of Down Syndrome
The Power of a Praying Grandmother
The Power of a Praying Grandmother
Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief
Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief
Organizing Your Life and Legacy
Organizing Your Life and Legacy
Relentless Pain, Beauty Beyond the Thorns
Relentless Pain, Beauty Beyond the Thorns
I Didn't Sign Up for This. When Peace Feels Impossible
I Didn't Sign Up for This. When Peace Feels Impossible
Beyond the Book - Ask the Author
Beyond the Book - Ask the Author
Beyond the Book - Ask the Author
Beyond the Book - Ask the Author
Sexual Betrayal in Marriage
Sexual Betrayal in Marriage
Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving a Miscarriage
Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving a Miscarriage
Mental Illness & Marriage
Mental Illness & Marriage
Unexpecting - Empty Arms
Unexpecting - Empty Arms
Ordinary on Purpose
Ordinary on Purpose
Dealing with Unwanted Thoughts
Dealing with Unwanted Thoughts
Breaking the Chains of Pornography - Part 2
Breaking the Chains of Pornography - Part 2
Breaking the Chains of Pornography Part 1
Breaking the Chains of Pornography Part 1
Parenting Like Our Father
Parenting Like Our Father
More than Surviving the Abuse of a Father
More than Surviving the Abuse of a Father
Retiring Well
Retiring Well
Finding Life After the Death of Your Spouse
Finding Life After the Death of Your Spouse
Early Onset Dementia, A Mother’s Journey
Early Onset Dementia, A Mother’s Journey
Mother-In-Law and Daughter-In-Law Relationships ~ Making Room For Her
Mother-In-Law and Daughter-In-Law Relationships ~ Making Room For Her
Singleness, Living Faithfully
Singleness, Living Faithfully
Carrying a Baby Who Will Die
Carrying a Baby Who Will Die
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Help for Parenting Children with Disabilities
Help for Parenting Children with Disabilities
Shattered Expectations
Shattered Expectations
Loss of A Child
Loss of A Child
Marital Betrayal and Reconciliation
Marital Betrayal and Reconciliation
Help! I'm Married to the Pastor
Help! I'm Married to the Pastor
Bipolar Mental Illness
Bipolar Mental Illness
Enough About Me!
Enough About Me!
Schizophrenia - Through a Mother’s Eyes
Schizophrenia - Through a Mother’s Eyes
Helping Others Go Through What We Went Through
Helping Others Go Through What We Went Through
Pastors & Criticism - Part 2
Pastors & Criticism - Part 2
Pastors & Criticism - Part 1
Pastors & Criticism - Part 1
Making the Church a Safe Place for Hurting Women - Part 2
Making the Church a Safe Place for Hurting Women - Part 2
Making the Church a Safe Place for Hurting Women - Part 1
Making the Church a Safe Place for Hurting Women - Part 1
Motherhood, Shame & Guilt
Motherhood, Shame & Guilt
Pastors & Conflict
Pastors & Conflict
Ministry Wives, Betrayal and Restoration
Ministry Wives, Betrayal and Restoration
A HOLY FEAR
A HOLY FEAR
Joy in Caring for a Child with Special Needs
Joy in Caring for a Child with Special Needs
Discontentment
Discontentment
Companionship in Suffering
Companionship in Suffering
Flourishing in Every Season of Life
Flourishing in Every Season of Life
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How Does God Meet Us In Suffering?
How Does God Meet Us In Suffering?
Lou Gehrig's Disease and Loss
Lou Gehrig's Disease and Loss
Doing Life with Your Adult Children
Doing Life with Your Adult Children
Grief and Lament
Grief and Lament
Anxious Teen? You Can Help!
Anxious Teen? You Can Help!
Sexual Abuse and the Church
Sexual Abuse and the Church
From the Streets to the Pulpit
From the Streets to the Pulpit
Homesick for Heaven
Homesick for Heaven
For Moms--Hope in the Trenches
For Moms--Hope in the Trenches
Hope In The Hardest Places with Lynne Hartke
Hope In The Hardest Places with Lynne Hartke
Dementia with Dr. John Dunlop
Dementia with Dr. John Dunlop
Loving Your Friend Through Cancer with Marissa Henley
Loving Your Friend Through Cancer with Marissa Henley
Healing After Abortion with Lovette Vassar
Healing After Abortion with Lovette Vassar
Waiting with Purpose When Dreams Are Delayed
Waiting with Purpose When Dreams Are Delayed
Abortion Survivor
Abortion Survivor
Mental Illness & Suicide
Mental Illness & Suicide
Intentional Grieving
Intentional Grieving
Hope in Waiting
Hope in Waiting
And then the Darkness Came
And then the Darkness Came
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Blessings Through Storms
Blessings Through Storms
An Unexpected Twist in Life
An Unexpected Twist in Life
When Life Unravels and It’s Good
When Life Unravels and It’s Good
The House of Hope
The House of Hope
When Your Future Turns Upside Down: A Conversation with Bryan Stoudt
When Your Future Turns Upside Down: A Conversation with Bryan Stoudt
The Dark Cloud of Depression
The Dark Cloud of Depression
Depression - Walking Into The Darkness
Depression - Walking Into The Darkness
Breast Cancer – My Journey
Breast Cancer – My Journey
Cancer & Grief: A Conversation with Elizabeth Groves
Cancer & Grief: A Conversation with Elizabeth Groves
Bipolar Disorder: One Family's Journey Towards Hope
Bipolar Disorder: One Family's Journey Towards Hope
Hope for the Service Marriage
Hope for the Service Marriage
Addiction Destroyed My Life, Prison Led Me to Freedom - A Conversation with Lindsay Clarke
Addiction Destroyed My Life, Prison Led Me to Freedom - A Conversation with Lindsay Clarke
Praying Through the Fog of Suffering: A Conversation with Bob Allums
Praying Through the Fog of Suffering: A Conversation with Bob Allums
Addiction that Started at the Age of 12: A Conversation with Doug Clarke
Addiction that Started at the Age of 12: A Conversation with Doug Clarke
The Gift Of Tim, Parenting Our Adult Son With Down Syndrome
The Gift Of Tim, Parenting Our Adult Son With Down Syndrome
Breaking the Chains of Sexual Abuse
Breaking the Chains of Sexual Abuse
My Son with Down Syndrome & Brain Injury: Parenting Joseph
My Son with Down Syndrome & Brain Injury: Parenting Joseph
The Amish Schoolhouse Shooting – A Light in the Darkness: A Conversation with Marie Monville
The Amish Schoolhouse Shooting – A Light in the Darkness: A Conversation with Marie Monville
Sexual Addiction – There is Hope: A Conversation with Jonathan Daugherty
Sexual Addiction – There is Hope: A Conversation with Jonathan Daugherty
Surviving A Tsunami of Grief: A Conversation with Andrea Maher
Surviving A Tsunami of Grief: A Conversation with Andrea Maher
OCD and the Search for Truth
OCD and the Search for Truth
Help and Hope
See Me, Not My Disability
See Me, Not My Disability
Sex Trafficking: I Am Not For Sale! A Conversation with Edie Rhea
Sex Trafficking: I Am Not For Sale! A Conversation with Edie Rhea
The Grace Land Of Marriage And Disability: A Conversation With Joan And Jerry Borton
The Grace Land Of Marriage And Disability: A Conversation With Joan And Jerry Borton
Abandoned but Not Forgotten, A conversation with Dr. Bob Petterson
Abandoned but Not Forgotten, A conversation with Dr. Bob Petterson
Anorexia - Teens: Recovery Is Possible
Anorexia - Teens: Recovery Is Possible
The Aftermath of Abortion
The Aftermath of Abortion
The Thin Blue Line and Marriage
The Thin Blue Line and Marriage
Standing with Hope: Through It All
Standing with Hope: Through It All
Help and Hope for the Caregiver: A Conversation with Peter Rosenberger
Help and Hope for the Caregiver: A Conversation with Peter Rosenberger
Finding Freedom In The Rough Pathways Of Life
Finding Freedom In The Rough Pathways Of Life
Thinking About Suicide? Teens, Just Hold On!
Thinking About Suicide? Teens, Just Hold On!
Lost Hope: A Look At Teenage Depression And Suicide
Lost Hope: A Look At Teenage Depression And Suicide
Hope When A Child Loses A Parent
Hope When A Child Loses A Parent
When Food Is The Enemy: Surviving A Life Threatening Eating Disorder
When Food Is The Enemy: Surviving A Life Threatening Eating Disorder
Hope In Uncertain Days: A Young Woman's Story Of Overcoming
Hope In Uncertain Days: A Young Woman's Story Of Overcoming
Loneliness and Depression: Discovering Hope
Loneliness and Depression: Discovering Hope
The Prison of Chronic Dieting: A Conversation with Constance Rhodes
The Prison of Chronic Dieting: A Conversation with Constance Rhodes
Teens & Porn
Teens & Porn
Helping Your Teens With Same-Sex Attraction
Helping Your Teens With Same-Sex Attraction
The Thorn of Autism
The Thorn of Autism
One Wrong Decision Can Change Everything - An Interview with Matt Maher
One Wrong Decision Can Change Everything - An Interview with Matt Maher
Raising Victoria – A Daughter With Down Syndrome And Life Threatening Cancer
Raising Victoria – A Daughter With Down Syndrome And Life Threatening Cancer
Raising Sexually Healthy Kids
Raising Sexually Healthy Kids
Multiple Sclerosis: When M.S. is Your Constant Companion
Multiple Sclerosis: When M.S. is Your Constant Companion
Ovarian Cancer Fighter: The Constant Battle
Ovarian Cancer Fighter: The Constant Battle
Same-Sex Attraction: Analysis of the Six Key Scriptures Part 2
Same-Sex Attraction: Analysis of the Six Key Scriptures Part 2
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Same-Sex Attraction: A Pastoral Response Part 1
Same-Sex Attraction: A Pastoral Response Part 1
Same-Sex Attraction: A Woman’s Perspective
Same-Sex Attraction: A Woman’s Perspective
Same-Sex Attraction: A Man's Perspective
Same-Sex Attraction: A Man's Perspective
Living with Hope and Terminal Cancer
Living with Hope and Terminal Cancer
Bethany Hamilton: Help and Hope for Teens
Bethany Hamilton: Help and Hope for Teens
Law Enforcement - The Families Behind the Badge
Law Enforcement - The Families Behind the Badge
A Widow's Journey: There is Purpose and Hope
A Widow's Journey: There is Purpose and Hope
Heroin Addiction: There is Hope
Heroin Addiction: There is Hope
Divorce – One Woman’s Story
Divorce – One Woman’s Story
Chronic Illness: Stories From Young Adults
Chronic Illness: Stories From Young Adults
Chronic Illness: Living With Purpose
Chronic Illness: Living With Purpose
Sexual Abuse: One Woman's Story
Sexual Abuse: One Woman's Story
Suicide and Mental Illness: Jonathan's Story
Suicide and Mental Illness: Jonathan's Story
Adoption: Acknowledging the Primal Wound
Adoption: Acknowledging the Primal Wound
Stillbirth: From Empty Arms to Hope and Healing
Stillbirth: From Empty Arms to Hope and Healing
Vietnam: We Remember
Vietnam: We Remember
The Ultimate Sacrifice
The Ultimate Sacrifice
Adultery: Forgiveness and Redemption
Adultery: Forgiveness and Redemption
The Demons of War
The Demons of War
War and the Family
War and the Family
Dying With Dignity and Grace
Dying With Dignity and Grace
First Responders: Wounded Healers
First Responders: Wounded Healers
Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Speaking Hope
Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Speaking Hope
Terminal Illness: An Interview With Vicki Saadeh Mullen
Terminal Illness: An Interview With Vicki Saadeh Mullen
Alcoholism
Alcoholism
Breast Cancer: An Interview with Dr. Chuck and Sharon Betters
Breast Cancer: An Interview with Dr. Chuck and Sharon Betters

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