Tag: hope
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Fiery Trials
1 Peter 4:12-13 “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed.” One of the greatest blessings of the Bible is how…
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The Sting of Death
1 Corinthians 15:55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? You and I live in a world where we are constantly exposed to the reality of death. Some of us have been with someone in their last moments on earth. It was a sobering and sad experience, an experience for…
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Never Forsaken
Hebrews 13:5 “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” There are certain things that God has said that are there for us to cling to when all seems lost. They are awesome statements of God’s faithfulness that we can look to in times of great need. They are simple yet profound statements of commitment…
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Resurrection Hope
1 Corinthians 15:19 “If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.” The other day I saw a program on TV about the life of baseball player Ted Williams. Some say he was the greatest hitter of all time in the major leagues. After he…
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Failure
2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness…
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The Gift of Hope
1 Thessalonians 4:13 “. . . others . . . who have no hope.” As I’ve been thinking about all the sickness that has affected my family and friends of late, the verse above has come to my mind. Cancer: no one wants to hear that word, especially as it applies to themselves or a…
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Joy in the Trials of Life
Isaiah 49:13 “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.” Joy: it’s one of the most wonderful aspects of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5). If we are God’s children, we have joy because God…
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He Lives!
Acts 10:37-43 “You yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of…
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Some Thoughts on Grief
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” Grief: it’s a terrible thing. It…
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The Way Things Look
Isaiah 55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” The condition of our soul effects everything else in our world. As one of my spiritual mentors said…
To Encourage You 