Jesus Our Hope
As we come to the end of this most masterful week, and the end of our first week in a new month, we are drawn to the beautiful face of hope. This beauty is displayed to us in a magnificent array of Scripture passages, all bringing us some precious gems about hope. These have all been quoted from the NIV.
Hope is Living
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1: 3
Hope is Confirming
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Romans 5: 5
Hope is to be Rejoiced in
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12: 12
Hope is Unseen
Hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8: 24b - 25
HOPE IN JESUS
When things around you would your faith diminish,
When you feel like in thin air you would vanish,
Just turn your remembrance to the One true Hope,
Turn to Jesus, when you know you cannot cope.
When the strains and stress of life you’ve been bearing,
Take its toll on you and you think you’re drowning,
Remember there’s One, unseen as He may be,
Who comes in Hope, for He wants you Him to see.
When hurdle after hurdle’s placed in your way,
And hope of change takes on another delay,
Dejection then urges, Hope in Christ to end,
For not one sign of change to you He did send.
When to keep trust alive, you battle and fight,
But the enemy, despair, puts faith to flight,
He who is your Hope sees exactly your plight,
Jesus and not you, is the One of all might.
When your life spells failure to make a difference,
And nothing helps, not even your repentance,
The enemy highlights your every defeat,
As all Hope in Jesus it tries to unseat.
When you are weary from making no progress,
And you’re ridiculed with each step of regress,
Just turn your remembrance to the One True Hope,
Turn to Jesus for you know that He can cope.
Amen!
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